The current way of utilizing the unlock method to open the door allows for remote opening via a HomeKit Hub. Changing the behavior prevents that function and forces users to buy a Nuki bridge. I was very happy to see that the current HomeKit way allowed me to ditch the bridge and still have the functionality. Unlocking the door remotely doesn’t make sense to me, but opening it does.
For example if I want to let someone enter the house while I’m at work, I can unlock in the home app or any other HomeKit app and let the person enter the house, but unlocking the lock would be absolutely useless.
I agree that apple should provide an improvement to locks for the European market and door latches, but removing the ability to open the door via HomeKit would make me sad since I would have to re-buy the bridge which I previously owned just for the now unnecessary homebridge plugin.