How is this not advocating for users? They tested the idea based on a metric they hoped would improve among users, found it didn't work, and so left it as is.

How is this not advocating for users? They tested the idea based on a metric they hoped would improve among users, found it didn't work, and so left it as is. That the comments about it mostly come from developers or similarly tech-literate people is neither here nor there, comments are inherently personal. When I post on a forum about a feature, I'm generally presenting only my own opinion. When I'm implementing a feature, I'm generally basing it on the opinions of users, as best I can gather them.