Match size tool - did they really do it this way?

Again…am I missing something here, or are the programming choices Adobe made this half-assed?

In the alignment window, you can match size from one object to another.

But it will only make the smaller object match the bigger one???

I can’t believe they couldn’t bother to allow users to choose which way the match should go via a modifier key, or simply user selection order to match the size of the first selected to the last.

Instead, they give a tool that only is useful for 50% of the situations. Why even bother to put it in?