Counter point: many cars aren't made to accommodate people as tall as a professional basketball player. Should I call them all bad (or at least not good) engineering?
Statistical averages are a back-patting technique between managers, let's face that reality, shall we? They very rarely have the customer's interests in mind.
Again, let's face it -- it's bean counting, some medium-level product manager wants a raise by saving expenses.
That's all it is, that's all it ever was, and it ain't ever gonna change while there are people on these positions.