I think it's more to do with commercial pressures and control from labels/management - the idea that to be competetive an album has to sound a certain way, rather than something under the control of bands.
I met a guy recently who drums in a band on Road Runner Records. They went into the studio with big(ish) name producer - the guy said 'this is how it's gonna sound' when they'd recorded the album and from what he said I think they felt that it was slightly out of their hands. I guess the label must have chosen the producer/mix engineer well for the bands sound because he likes the album, but I can imagine situations where the band isnt on board but has to go along with it anyway, because contracts.
In my opinion (from what I have seen etc) the further you go from a major label roster, the more likely you are to hear natural drums.
That's the way many labels are. Listen to Fat Wreck stuff. Every album from Fat Wreck essentially sounds the same. Why? They use a small crew of engineers/producers for everything, and the bands aren't that different anyway. The label picks the people that make the record sound the way they want it to sound. The band has little to no say on anything. That's one of the many prices a band pays to play rock star. They'll give up literally everything to say that they're "signed".
From the musician's side of it, they probably don't care how the record is made. They're just happy to be making a record. The drummer might not even know what goes into "his" drum sound and he doesn't care anyway.
Some of us care because we care about recording. Some people don't care and only want the result. The result being fake, plastic, robotic drums.
IMO, YMMV.