Miyazawa was so real for saying this
fyi this also almost universally applies to people who use the term 'yuribait' and 'subtext yuri'
I think it comes from a place of wanting to see more lesbian representation. But the western yuri fandom sets the bar for "lesbian representation" so high that it becomes obvious that the fandom just views everyone as het by default.
That assumption's deeply baked into the term "yuribait", which straight-up accuses artists of acting in bad faith and disguising the heterosexuality in order to emphasize that lesbianism is just a phase to the audience. I can think of a few cases where that term might apply (Wonder Egg, Eupho), but on the whole it's basically just holding yuri works to a higher standard of romance because again, the audience views heterosexuality as the default. Despite yuri being a genre where lesbian and f/f queerplatonic relationships are the norm.
