The simple answer is, for the most part, it's not what people come to these games for.
It's like questioning why you wouldn't want blood and gory horror elements in a porno movie. Nothing wrong with that slasher stuff, but not often what you're looking for in the genre.
People complaining about the game and demanding changes and doing anything other than just silently stop playing is annoying. But all the people acting like there's no reasoning behind people wanting to stop playing are also being pretty disingenuous IMHO
And on another note. We all love Liam, but how sad is it that his character model immediately makes you think "cucking/competition/ntr" so the dev literally gives him DICK LIMPING CANCER to make it 100% clear that he's just there to be your friend. Damn