Redirect Standard at Kirby and canonicity

With the standard “.htaccess” a page “foo” is treated like this:

domain.tld/foo → domain.tld/foo

domain.tld/foo/ → domain.tld/foo/

Both point to the same content.

Is that a conscious decision? What is the motive for this decision, please?

Isn’t it better to redirect to a canonical URL?

Thanks : )