Can we talk about gboard, Google's default keyboard for Android for a moment? On my phone at least, the backslash has an clearly and easily accessible shortcut

Can we talk about gboard, Google's default keyboard for Android for a moment? On my phone at least, the backslash has an clearly and easily accessible shortcut (long press 'w'). Meanwhile, to enter a forward slash, one has to not only tap into the special symbols page, but actually tap again into the SECOND PAGE of that. Does anyone have any insight as to just what these galaxy brains at Google are thinking?