Maybe not to the devs, but to the players (most of whom didn’t know it wasn’t working as intended) it does. It’s a matter of perspective.
When my dog started jumping on the couch as a puppy, I didn’t really intend for her to make a habit of it, but I also didn’t correct her. After 3 years of her jumping up on the couch without a correction, she naturally assumed that it was what I wanted. I can’t just suddenly forbid her to get on the couch now without her being really confused. It might continue to be a bug to me but it’s a feature to her after all these years without correction.
But we can simply agree to disagree. It’s a minor point. Regardless, I think we all agree that CCP could have handled the communication better.