Why do people defend pathfinder?

The devs are the ones making this game. The choices we are given are ultimately decided by them. We can force their hand as was done with Pathfinder to keep a system we had no desire to lose. But even in that situation they didn’t cave to the demands of the angry masses. They compromise. Which is why there isn’t a lady sitting on a gryphon in storm shield selling flying to this day. You have to earn it. You don’t want the sky worms or aerial robots but the designers do. They want a sense of danger in this game. So they continue to compromise. Hovering mid air in uldum for ten minutes afk won’t kill you but you will come back to a debuff that makes flying impractical for a few minutes. It’s not a defense of the decisions. It’s an acceptance of reality which too many seem unable to do in these posts.