You have got to be trying to be annoyed by the pet to really see it.
It does break the visual style of the game, no argument there. It does kind of improve a QoL thing that should be handled differently.
Not arguing any of those points. But whether my Necro, Druid, or Barbarian the little pet barely registers to me that it is there. I swear to be annoyed or confused by it when playing you have to be searching to be annoyed by the presence of it