A few years back I swapped my suspension fork for a rigid fork, and was surprised at how much better the bike handled on pavement, and how little I missed it on crushed stone or gravel rail trails.

So, I definitely lean heavily toward non-suspension on a hybrid.

I think the manufacturers build what sells, and there are a lot of uninformed people that think suspension makes riding better... Heck, I see a lot of people riding the cheap full suspension bikes from big box stores, and I would guess that most of them never even see gravel. And they probably only ride them long enough to find out that the suspension isn't a magical fix.