Cat cafe - are you for or against?

Have you heard about cat cafes? Those are becoming more and more popular.
As you can probably imagine, those are places where you come to drink coffee (or tea ) and play with adorable kitties.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVYHHCoAU8
Here's a video of one in Japan (I think that those are the most well known).
There's a cat cafe opening in my city, and the issue has gotten pretty controversial.
Many people LOVE the idea, but others are worried that the cats taken from shelter are going to be mistreated or feel nervous in the environment of many people coming and going.
How do you guys feel about it?

I am really surprised that something like this exists. What isn't surprising to me is that of all places, it's happening in Japan. Japan seems to always have fun little experiences.

I don't know if this is something I'd like to experience. I wouldn't be able to handle being surrounded by that many animals at once, while trying to enjoy my food or drink. I can only hope the cats are treated wonderfully and get plenty of attention throughout the day, but it's definitely not my cup of tea (no pun intended.)

I have really mixed feelings about this. The good thing is that cats that live in the cafe are taken from animal shelter (and have a chance of getting adopted), but I'm sort of worried about them being tired of constant human presence.
I also wouldn't want to go to the cafe because I'm more of a dog than a cat person (definitely wouldn't want to see a cafe like this with dogs!).
I like cats, but I'm sort of tired of seeing them everywhere on the net. Where I live there are many more cat people that say stuff like "Cats are selfish, they rule. Dogs are so stupid with their submission and blind love" and it makes me have sort of a hype backlash regarding cats.
The coffee is probably going to be expensive as hell there, so it's definitely not something for a cheap student like me...

While I can't see any harm in a cat cafe, I just don't understand what makes it so different from a shelter except that shelters don't sell you coffee while you are visiting the animals. My only concern would be that people who already have cats that may have gotten them on a whim, will decide to dump their cats on the cafe and not being a shelter, the cafe will reject a lot of the dumped ones. What happens to them? I would also be worried about someone who is not a cat person, engaging with the cats and inadvertently (or purposely) antagonizing one and the cat lashes out, next thing you know the client complains and the cat is put on death row. Wouldn't there be a constant drive to get cuter and more personable cats? What happens to those who don't make the grade? I just think that maybe this is something that is best left to the shelters. If people want to play with cats or pet some cats, there are plenty just dying for some attention at your local shelter.

Yeah, people here are also worried about the cafe being closed down over a cat scratching someone.
I think that the main difference between a shelter and a cafe is that a visit to cafe is fashionable and fun, while going to shelter can be traumatizing and that's why many people who love the idea of petting cats at the cafe are not really into helping out at pet shelters.
The cafe gets cats from the shelter, though - not from other people (at least right now, I guess they wouldn't mind taking in a single cat from an owner if they had a good reason).
I think that the cat cafe idea is sort of selfish. It does more good for people than cats.