I think it’s a perfectly fine business model for universities to account for fall semester “melt”. I don’t even care if they do it to game their stats. They are giving a student who they’d otherwise reject a chance to attend. The student is free to decline their offer.
I know of an incredibly accomplished student who was offered spring admission at Cornell and took it. And her spring admission was in no way an attempt to game stats as her stats were excellent - as are the stats of many kids who apply to Cornell. So although they wanted her, they just didn’t want her enough to make room in their fall class.
She was able to look beyond that and recognize that when she graduates from Cornell no decision of any significance will hinge up whether she was a spring admit. Her diploma will look just like everyone else’s and her degree will be deemed as valuable as every other fall admits in the eyes of employers or grad schools or wherever she goes next.