Those who're still saying "it's an option just don't try it if you don't like it" either didn't bother to read what the other posts say, or they did but somehow the messages just escaped them right after. It's not that this system exists is the problem, but that because of its existence, other things get compromised, in a bad kind of way. Especially when a bland and might-as-well-not-exist non-origin character makes you feel like you're getting punished for not playing Larian's precious origin characters.
"We make our choices and take what comes and the rest is void."