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"Because we do" is the only real answer which is equally useless.
We want to be able to check it. To know when it's about to run out. etc. etc.
It doesn't matter "Why".
The reason I ask, it's because the left-bottom corner is item stack count and showing durability there is not the best.
I would show warning of sort on craft window (next to button) when durability drops below certain value, but knowing the useful threshold without the reason it's needed is difficult.
Each feature is also extra code that needs to be maintained and it can't be that easily removed anymore.
New UI code also adds to UI clutter and I would best avoid it without good reason.
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