The argument doesn't make sense in practice. We could discuss it as a philosophy exercise, but realistically if the current result is better overall and biased against some group, you can just rebalance it and still get an overall better result compared to status quo.
Changing codecs in practice takes years/decades, so you always have time to stop, think and tweak things.
Changing codecs in practice takes years/decades, so you always have time to stop, think and tweak things.