There's a time and a place for everything. Kicks are tools. You use the proper tool for the job at hand.
With shoes/boots on, a savate fouette to the solar plexus can be devastating. You can compare a Muay Thai kick to a baseball bat. The fouette is more like a jab from the tip of a police baton.
Other great kicks:
Oblique kicks and stomps (from a variety of arts, but specifically FMAs). These are low-line, hard to block, and relatively safe for the street.
Muay Thai's teep (front push-kick). Used kind of like a boxer's jab - to unbalance the opponent, and as a range-finder. In one fight I saw in Thailand a Thai fighter was able to completely nullify a French fighter who had superior boxing skills by keeping him out of punching range with his teep.
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