It's not an unnecessarily high bar.

Change is bad. It takes engineers time to understand and approve. It confuses users. Changes should be made for good reasons, not frivolously.

Just because writing code is easier does not mean you should write more of it. It is more important than ever to carefully consider what you work on and what work you accept.

The user says "this is just spelling corrections" but a maintainer - a volunteer - needs to read all the files and make sure it's harmless and doesn't introduce security vulnerabilities, change meanings, and so on. That's not free.