I agree with you, with two reservations:

1) A great many acoustic guitar pickup setups, especially the ones with under-saddle pickups that the instruments come from the factory with, make an acoustic sound like a duck. Sometimes like a duck being tortured to death. There are some that are pretty good, but they're still a minority of what's on the market.

2) Many people who plug in are so excited about everyone being able to hear their guitar that they turn it up to where that's all you can hear. "I think he must be singing. His lips are moving."

Peter.