>>5832420Blame shitty Chinese manufacturing with Lego's own Jewery.
Pick up literally any standard brick- 1x2, 2x4, 1x2 with hole, fucking ANYTHING- now and you'll see fucking seams across the sides, the top, everywhere, and they're identical on every brick.
Not to mention all the cost-cutting to save plastic, like how minifig radios are HOLLOW now.