I definitely agree with your overall sentiment but if you actually care about your project go with one of the 3rd party standard cell libraries, i.e. https://ww

I definitely agree with your overall sentiment but if you actually care about your project go with one of the 3rd party standard cell libraries, i.e. https://www.synopsys.com/dw/ipdir.php?ds=dwc_standard_cell https://www.synopsys.com/dw/ipdir.php?ds=dwc_standard_cell With the foundry provided library you get what you pay for...