I wouldn't say that is the case, and sorry to hear you feel that way. I believe the correct analogy you were looking for is you believe that they are treated like covid. This isn't really the case, unless they cause symptoms like it.
To explain the above. We find that most issues in support are caused by 3rd party items and badly configured environments. So naturally, you eliminate those 2 items before anything else, which is why it appears that way. But to do otherwise would be like admitting a patient to hospital with chest issues, who is struggling to breathe, and not testing to see if they have covid first.
So your analogy in that context actually fits better than perhaps you intended. Its not something against the authors, its simply logical steps. If we updated the editor and upload process, and there was an editor issue related to uploads, we would look at that first, as logic dictates that is likely where the issue is. Its nothing more than this.