> let me translate that - they get asked to do all kinds of useless things so they can always obey the commands given.

IMHO, that's a pretty disrespectful take that seems to be founded on stereotypes.

The real reason is probably more along the lines of: they work for a big organization, big organizations force "standards" decisions on the grunts that don't make sense in a lot of contexts, and for a multitude of reasons there's no will to change them once made.