Perhaps so. The trend is definitely for emergency calls to be handled very rudimentarily.

And an unworkable call to 911 that at least connects is better than one that does not.

In the first case, it's possible that a 911 PSAP operator might get a hint that help is needed by someone -- somewhere. It may even be good enough to get a vague idea of where the person is, and which phone it is that is calling.

And that may not sound like much, but it's way, way better than in the latter case, wherein: It is certain that the PSAP will know nothing at all.

(Some data is better than no data.)