Tbf this is not exclusive to open source software. iOS famously didn’t have “copy and paste” until version 3, for instance. The zealots were the ones that insisted that it was unnecessary until Apple rolled it out.
Plex constantly has requests for obvious features that are stated to not be on their roadmap.
Yes it is frustrating, but it isn’t exclusive to open source development.
"shouldn’t happen all the time on VPNs
Safety and privacy for companies, but not for users. Just because it is, doesn’t mean it has to, or even should be.