Sorry, I didn’t word that statement very precisely. What I meant to say is that I believe a spectrum of stuff in the world, ranging from beautiful to ugly, is preferable to sameness. I would also rather have a square white box than a flamboyant flash-in-the-pan product, but if everything was a square white box, the world would be a much less interesting place. The ugly helps us better appreciate the beautiful.
Sometimes sameness looks pretty good (the Forte), but often sameness is an indicator of laziness and that laziness is inherent in the product’s soul and details (EG the new Subaru).