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Why exactly?
(lemmy.ml)
This issue seems to be a throwback to MS-DOS. The 'rd' command to remove folders prevented you from removing them without 'del . /s' being run first inside the folder. I think it was to prevent inadvertently deleting a folder full of files. In the world today we have recycle bin and undo, so I'm not sure that reason is valid any more.
TL:DR; asshole design
Ironically, the only time I've ever inadvertently deleted a folder full of files on a cloud storage service is when I was using their desktop app which mounts the cloud account like a drive. Super easy to clean out your account with one of those.
Nothing comes before profit -- especially not the consumer.