Larian Studios Forums Baldur's Gate III Baldur's Gate III - Suggestions & Feedback "The ability to initiate conversations using a companion leads to characterisation issues."

I fully agree with OP here. It hurts immersion and makes it hard to see the companions as autonomous beings with their own motivations and agency.
I feel like if this isn't dealt with before full release, fans of the old BG games will be outraged about the fact that you can suddenly play Minsc as the most evil person imaginable if you wanted to. Just doesn't make any sense.