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Because it's cheaper (barely but still), smaller (fits right into the Pi and its case) and more convenient (no adapter). When one just got a Pi that might even be sold with a microSD then they'll use that.
I'm not arguing it's the right thing for data intense usage but the "why" IMHO is pretty obvious.
Come on, it's a raspberry pi not an iphone. Those things are for tinkerers who live by "if it ain't broke, fix it till it is".
It's for tinkerers yes but the RPi is popular because they try to facilitate the tinkering process. That means a lot of people will buy it in order to learn. That's precisely why they sell the RPi400 and RPi with introductory books.
It's not the same audience that'll by a RPi5 without a case or compute modules.