That's the toxic part of gaming platforms pushing social aspects. Playing a game doesn't need to be an e-peen competition and when you are comparing your performance against your friends you can make up all the rules you want like "no easy mode" or "don't use that obviously broken mechanic".
Why is every sports body in the world normal for having rules under which achievements may be recognized, but in gaming it is toxic? Are games not allowed to have any pretense of mastery? If the Olympic committee decided to give out indistinguishable gold medals to random subpar athletes, I'm pretty sure a lot of the real medalists would be upset.
