I find it weird that there isn't enough outrage about this and it is already beginning to be the new normal. In a more ideal world, Apple would have been forced to issue a patch that reverses this forced obsolescence on consumers.
Except it's debatable whether it is forced obsolescence or a sensible approach to battery management.
They could just give the chance to change it while setting the default behavior for better battery management. So the common user would be ok and the power user could decide what to prioritize. The problem is, indeed, the fact this is a no reversible decision atm
Definitely feels like an advanced setting they could bury in the battery settings.