That’s not a bug, it’s a feature.

Just Tod Howard streamlining your RPG experience so that he can say “it just works”.

But hey, you can now use Amiibo and get Zelda gear, so cool and worth it!!

You say that, but I would not be surprised if there were people who genuinely have that view.

I will always be salty about the secret tunnel out of Riften’s jail being broken.