Why is read_users so locked down?

I would really like to access the StaffMember field of an InventoryAdjustmentGroup but the read_users scope is locked down so a public app can’t use it. I would assume there are quite a few usecases where an app might want to personalise, lockdown or just record what user accessed it. Will this scope ever be available to public apps?

I have contacted support several times about this issue. This scope is only available to your app if “The app must be a finance embedded app or installed on a Shopify Plus or Advanced store.”

You could also create Plus Sandbox stores, but unfortunately this is also not available to regular Partner accounts. Only plus partners can create Plus Sandbox stores.

Been trying to get access to “read_users” scope since are app is primarily used by plus stores and those are generally managed by Agencies and we are having issues where the critical updates go to stores default admin email id and emails regarding quote getting over gets missed as a lot of these high end plus stores default emails id are support@ info@ help@
And these emails dont end up with the correct person resulting in app features being disabled since no one actually so the emails

@ShopifyDevs Even the doucmentation doesnt mention the app cant be a public app “Requires read_users access scope. Also: The app must be a finance embedded app or installed on a Shopify Plus or Advanced store. Contact Shopify Support to enable this scope for your app.”

It just says either finance or app installed on plus stores

And Shopify supports first reply is oh your app is not a Finance app and totally ignores their own doc which says “OR” installed on plus stores.