As I understand it, because of the sliding bug LO had two choices:
1) set the game to 128 so no new players will encounter the sliding bug and allow players to uncap it if they want
2) leave the game uncapped and have many potential new players encountering the sliding bug while also making them responsible for fixing it
I’d have made the same choice.
p.s. The sliding bug drastically effects accuracy, so it certainly can effect gameplay