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Because it only affects weight and weight is not everything. Here's an excerpt from Spectrum Cycles website:
At Spectrum, we select from both butted and straight-gage tubing when customizing your ideal frame. We use straight-gage tubing on our standard titanium frames while our Supers are built with double butted tubes except for the seat stays (we even double butt the head tube and chain stays.) Durability is not affected by butting, as the highly stressed areas are the thicker butted sections. The advantage of the Super is simply the lower weight. Depending on size, the weight savings is anywhere from 4oz. to over a pound.
But weight is not everything. We can make either type of tubing feel the same by choosing the appropriate diameters and gauges. Because all of our frames are custom made, there is no performance difference between the two custom models. They handle, fit and feel the same and have the same geometry but the Supers feel a little lighter.
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Nobody would know the difference with steel either in that case but ain't no one spending dollar on plain gauge steel bikes. Why would you spend decent money on a custom bike out of a supposedly premium material only for it to have shiny gas pipe tubes?