Should ubuntu-settings be reflected in Settings & dconf?

One Test case:
On a laptop with unmodified settings
Open Settings > Devices > Mouse & Touchpad
In Touchpad > Tap to click is shown as OFF yet ubuntu-settings has set it to ON (the ubuntu default

There will be other instances of same..

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: ubuntu-settings 17.10.15
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-11.12-generic 4.13.1
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-11-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Sun Sep 24 17:45:55 2017
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-24 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 17.10 "Artful Aardvark" - Alpha amd64 (20170919)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubuntu-settings
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)