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Everyone has their own idea of common sense...

Common sense is common sense; everything else that each person considers "their own" is no longer common sense, but a personal, subjective opinion.

As I understand it, all the fuss is about the following rule:

2.14. Actions that are not prohibited/restricted by these rules are permitted.

There is also a section about bugs:
2.13. Bugs:
2.13.1. It is forbidden to sell Artifacts or Magic Scrolls at prices that do not correspond to their actual price at the Artifact Merchant in Tower, Conflux, and Dungeon castles.
2.13.2. It is forbidden to use the bug of viewing an opponent's hero.
2.13.3. It is forbidden to use a hero without an army (the army must have at least one unit). Before dismissing, you can take the entire army.
Comments.

Don't forget to look at the comments, where we have the following:
Comments on 2.13. Bugs.
The use of bugs that are considered "features" of the game is permitted:
- weakening unupgraded neutral armies through repeated defeats;
- an infinite supply of ammunition for a ballista;
- placing two-cell units on the battlefield one cell further than possible (using auto-combat);
- viewing opponent's cities (this bug has been fixed in HoMM3 HD);
- "stalling" a monster under the effect of the "berserk" spell (this bug has been fixed in HoMM3 HD).

In the end, we have a description of bugs that are prohibited and bugs that are permitted. Neither of these includes the subject of our discussion, so what does this mean?

In my opinion, this means that all bugs that are not permitted are prohibited. This is in line with the spirit of the rules, which are designed to make the game fair and equal. And the list of prohibited bugs is informative in nature; it can be supplemented with new bugs, which will be done.

Anticipating the question about the interpretation of the supremacy of one of the rules (sections), I will say that it is not worth engaging in demagoguery about this; it is an endless question, and it will not be possible to find a consensus in it. All such controversial issues are resolved in the Arbitration Committee (AC), which was done promptly.

Regarding the endless throwing of feces of the type "why did you know," "why didn't you remove it," "why didn't you add it" - those who haven't already complained and ranted, go ahead, continue, it won't diminish. It's as if the AC doesn't have anything better to do than to please every dissatisfied person. I remind you that these are ordinary people with the same workload, families, and other nonsense, who, in addition to resolving disputes, also want to play sometimes. And their salary doesn't come from HW, and certainly not from someone who is dissatisfied and points their finger, demanding that they meet their subjective requirements.