>Going too close with it results in distorted pictures which is fine as an artistic choice but it's not the choice most people want to make.
Most people are used to seeing smartphone photos now, which (until recently) only had a wider FOV. I think stylistically, candid/general portrait photography is changing, and I think environmental portraits are much more in vogue than tighter framing with longer focal lengths. 24/28/35mm portraits seem to be more popular than 85+mm.
I think people are making this choice because they just want to get the picture, not because they want the picture to look this way. People have always struggled to get selfies to look good, partly because it is hard to make people look good with the camera so close.
Most people are used to seeing smartphone photos now, which (until recently) only had a wider FOV. I think stylistically, candid/general portrait photography is changing, and I think environmental portraits are much more in vogue than tighter framing with longer focal lengths. 24/28/35mm portraits seem to be more popular than 85+mm.
Just my view, feel free to agree/disagree.