Long-Time Bugs Since Launch Day - Why Aren't They Getting Fixed?

I don’t think any of us can answer that categorically, but we can guess as to reasons why, which I have already done.

The issue will affect everyone, but not enough people care enough to kick up a fuss about it.

What you could do yourself is log a Zendesk ticket about it, detailing your experience.

You could also either find an existing thread that details this issue, or create your own in the relevant, non-General Discussion thread, which I imagine would be this one:

This one seems to fit the bill:

The bug has already been logged, but what you would be doing by logging a Zendesk ticket is adding another instance of this issue causing problems.