You will find people who say they like Face ID, though, and there’s no way to have that without the notch. It’s not like apple woke up one day and said fuck it let’s take a notch out of the screen for no reason.
There is, the notch could instead be a black bar that extends across the width of the screen. whether that's a better decision is arguable, but it's definitely possible.
Instead, they chose to rub the user's face in it as a marketing ploy.