I don't think this is a case of "We can't do this on mobile so we won't do it on PC".

Instead, the issue is "It has been this way for a long time and our users have stopped complaining about it, therefore it isn't a big deal, therefore it isn't going to be changed." It has become an ascended bug, as absurd as that sounds.

My concern is that there are a wide range of issues in career mode that appear to be be moving in that same direction.

i believe you are right. The devs want a good ROI and therefore need a somehow "simple" simulation platform to grab money from mobile market too.