It's kind of like a redesign of an old tool like a pipe wrench: the castings make that tool look like something from the 1800s that could be improved with CNC m

It's kind of like a redesign of an old tool like a pipe wrench: the castings make that tool look like something from the 1800s that could be improved with CNC machining and rubber overmoulding, but when you actually try to ask why it is the way it is every feature has a good reason. Someone looked at the drag on an airliner and thought "sailplanes have thin wings for low drag, airliners have thick wings for fuel storage and have high drag, we'll just put a few thinner wings and revolutionize the industry! Oh, and I hate stale, recycled cabin air, and the pandemic showed how bad that can be, so let's not do that. We'll build it in one piece, like a plastic injection molded part, instead of a bunch of riveting, and save more money that way too." They took Chesterton's fence and threw it in the woodchipper...