Sure if none of it existed you'd be right. But it does exist, and that allows what I said to be true. And I will never agree those choices should be wholesale removed from the game. I would much rather they finish developing the dynamic to be better.
One way or another, it needs to be changed. As it stands it's inconsistent, because they exist in a vacuum that has no writing to back up why they exist. That's the whole problem.
If he wants to go the direction where he makes it actually make sense, that's his choice to make. And it will take a LOT more work than just removing them, because oh boy is there a lot of dialogue in the game that would have to be changed and added.
But nobody's going to tell you you're wrong if you prefer these interactions. I will tell you you are wrong if you say they make sense in their current context.