Total opposite here.
If you can't be bothered with a simple cover letter (a paragraph or two is fine) highlighting why you are a good fit and just send a CV..... Frankly, it comes across as low effort spamming.
This fucking shit, which really boils down to a humiliation ritual focusing on why you """deserve to be here""", needs to fucking end. You are no more deserving than the applicant.
As someone currently looking for a new job, I stopped bothering with cover letters because they didn't make the faintest of differences. After many dozens of rejections I am just burnt out about writing them.