I think wanting to minimize is related to working with non-maximized, mouse-managed windows. I was a heavy minimizer on Windows back when I used it for things other than gaming (so... some time before Win7) and on Linux back in the day, but on macOS with Spectacle, I never minimize. Everything is almost always maximized, half-screen (top or bottom, left or right), or quarter-screen. I rarely move a window with my mouse, I just toss them to different regions (or maximize them) with key combos. I don't get visual clutter without minimizing, because my screen's usually completely filled with whichever things I'm working on.