[motohagiography]

Nothing is stupid, it works for someone. It's called a "dark pattern," (https://darkpatterns.org/) and it's by design.

Can pretty much guarantee the accountability for the design decisions goes to a "consensus," from a series of informal meetings, with no individual ownership, because that's also by design. I'm not involved with this at all, but having spent time in many different organizations as a consultant, this is very much a common strategy.