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Anything with logos or designs is for display, not actual use. Those sorts of things are rarely ever dishwasher safe, and even if they say they are the colors and designs fade away into a sad reminder of what once was after a year or two.
Having different sizes can be really annoying. For loading the dishwasher, putting them away, putting things in your car's cupholder or on a coaster. It's really nice to not need to think about.
Break a random generic clear glass? No worries- we have a spare pack stored away and can just pull another out. Break the souvenir glass from that vacation 5 years ago? Good luck trying to track down another one!
Want to consistently measure things without having the hassle of actually breaking out measuring cups? It's really easy when the container is always the same. I have two cups of coffee every day, each with the same amount of milk (probably 2-3 tablespoons but I haven't measured). It's even better for mixing alcoholic drinks consistently. Having to deal with all kinds of crazy shapes and sizes, even colors, can influence how you pour things.
Also my kitchen is not a fucking advertising platform. Get those disgusting corporate logos the fuck out of my house.
I've got a bunch of pint glasses from local breweries, and they hold up just fine to the dishwasher. Nice thing is if I DO break one, it's an excuse to go back to the brewery and get another.
There was once a time where standard was a thing. Living in a country using metric, if a recipe said a coffee cup I could use any coffee I, or my neighbour had, and have the exact mesurement. Then came cheap non-standard cup from China, then US-standard size of stuff no absolutely no reason. Now, I have to mesure my pillow before buying pillowcases because I can't be use either the pillow or the case are following any standard from around the world.
The biggest problem with a standard is competing standards.
That being said, having different shapes makes it harder to measure things by eye. Even if all of your cups are the same volume, if they are different shapes that makes it harder to measure things consistently by eye. So I might make the same amount of coffee every day, using my carafe to measure the water and a scoop to measure the grounds, but unless I whip out measuring spoons for the milk I'm relying on a consistent container for that piece.