They’ve tasted the forbidden fruit and refuses to part ways with it.
Unironically, SE’s slowness when it comes to ‘fixing’ these issues also plays a huge part on this conundrum. The longer this sticks out, the more likely it’ll attract the crowd that likes the problem itself while also driving away the players who abhors them. What’s left after is a totally different crowd.
The same can be said on entire green role’s dumbing down.