I think you give them too much credit. This was probably a decision made by a non-technical group without input from a technical group (e.g. Marketing goes and

I think you give them too much credit. This was probably a decision made by a non-technical group without input from a technical group (e.g. Marketing goes and does something without even thinking of contacting Engineering), and whoever slipstreamed it into the factory image just followed instructions unquestioningly. This will likely result in an eventual retraction and apology, and internal process improvements being made to prevent such things from happening again. Such things will eventually happen again because large orgs are inefficient and individual employees are frustrated by inefficiency, so they'll work around the protocols. Rinse & repeat.