[formerly_proven]

This might just be amateur EEs doing their thing in an organization that doesn't constrain these aspects of the product. Data sheet says If(cont)=20 mA? Okay, 20 mA it is.

[Scoundreller]

At least it’s pretty easy these days to increase the résistance of an SMT resistor (if you can find it).

(Just scrape it down a bit)