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I'm also bothered by the conflation of the 'rules' of composition and whether an image is sharp (technically correct), well exposed (often a matter of taste) and noise free (outside the control of the photographer).
Composition is important to the viewer (though 90% of viewers won't realise it), sharpness is something photographers get hung up about - I'd never show an OoF image, but there's thousands of classic images that wouldn't meet modern standards. Likewise noise / grain is something only photographers get hung up on.
Non photographers will often react to an image with the phrase 'you've got an eye for a good picture' which literally translates to 'that's a pleasing composition' and will almost always refer to some composition rule being met.
Indeed, and there are plenty of images posted everyday on this forum and others that follow the rules perfectly but are still boring and dull, sometimes because the subject is just not interesting, but often because the composition could be improved.