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It does matter. But all my big displays are still LCD, because of cost.
It's about blackpoint. With an LED, pixels which are black still have a backlight. This makes them a kind of grey.
With OLED, the pixels themselves emit light. This means that black pixels are unlit.
The difference is obvious in a dimly lit room looking at dark content.
That said, while I would love OLEDs all around, they're expensive. I'm willing to give up having true blacks for the cost difference. It may be different as costs on OLED come down.
I do have an OLED phone, because Samsung is pumping out OLEDs on everything.
OLED also matters more on phones because such a large fraction of their power use goes to the display (apparently up to 80% at max brightness on a task that doesn't require much computing power). A desktop would need one hell of a multi-monitor setup to get remotely close, plus you aren't as concerned about power usage when there's no battery to deplete.
It does matter, but does is it justify spending 50% more on a product? You'd only notice the difference if you did side-by-side testing anyway. Ignorance truly is bliss.
I said it matters: "the difference is obvious".
But for me, it does not justify the cost difference at the current time.
You definitely can easily tell led from oled. No need for a side by side test.