Material cost changes when the item is available.
Likewise, whether it is crafted with the hammer or requires a workbench.
These factors can have an impact on PvP when trying to keep a base subtle or even foregoing a base but still wanting a stash or two.
Far from meta defining, but there are corner cases where they may matter.
Not to us but to themselves, yes. A company that continues to break their policies when convenience arises starts losing talent and gets replaced by cheap yes-people. There are times you change policies here and there because a bigger and broader policy is overriding the other but to just go after the cash…yeah that is when you start losing talent. No one likes working for a ho.