This was by all accounts unintentional and actually stated to have been fixed in a patch later (I absolutely do not remember which one and whether it was Year 1 or 2), but obviously that was not the case and they haven’t addressed it since.
Edit: Did a quick search in the bug thread where I reported the patch fix not being implemented, and I posted that in October 2021. So yeah, still in Year 1 and not fixed since…