The part that I think many people have a hard time internalizing, is that this is almost certainly following Google internal "best practices" for how the code i

The part that I think many people have a hard time internalizing, is that this is almost certainly following Google internal "best practices" for how the code is organized and delivered. They famously have "code reviewers" that are there to make sure the code reads well. You can see it in the translations of having 3 flags for the same data. Somewhere, the distinction was made between what the user is asking for, and what the system works with. It is considered a good thing to have that level of abstraction in many large companies. Heck, many small companies go for that.