The hardware certainly supports it. It seems it is not something that is being enforced in software. Out of curiosity - maybe take a peek at your log files and see if it was generating any error messages.
If they do provide an update to the firmware that alarms and halts operation, we may suddenly see a large influx of people with inoperable fans.
It would suck if they waited until after most people’s warranties expired before doing so…
The information missing from the instructions far outweighs the content they do contain.