Update changes a hard coded limit to a setting with a default value. IE easily changeable. So it's more like a guideline. So basically they went in the opposite direction of a dictate with this release.
For typical users I totally agree. My sense is that the miners who run the nodes probably are pretty comfortable tweaking settings. So as a developer who I dare say is worth his salt I'd agree with this regarding a general population, but not the group that's currently running the nodes.