Well, like most people on HN, I'm an engineer, and I just don't care. I want functionality and stability. You could have the ugliest icon ever and I just don't give a damn because it is irrelevant.
There's nothing inherent in being an engineer that means you can't appreciate good design.
No, but dismissing an app based on "bad design" (of a tiny icon, of all things) is just prejudicial, illogical silliness.
I agree completely, and that's what I do too. But I also understand that potential iOS users are not necessarily engineers and if my goal is to sell more apps to these naive users, I'd better find a good designer.