The general public does not know how to identify or care about good code. They do care when their data gets leaked or their computer gets hacked or their phone gets ransomware. That’s why they hire software engineers, who are supposed to care about the quality of the code they ship.

Agreed. No one need care about obsessively neat and orderly code, but there becomes a point where very real world issues surface that users actually care about. Contrary to some of the opinions here. Rushing out vibeslop at rapid pace will eventually have consequences.