[2020] Why is the spawn animation so long?

Does the game really need such a long, drawn-out respawn animation? Every time I die I facepalm at the amount of time it takes for the game to get through its silly respawn animation.

Why does the animation need to be there, other than for people to peek at the drop pod skins they purchased? There's no animation for hunters entering/exiting the pods, so it really seems like the animation is there to sell pod skins. Has anyone else heard of a good reason for including such a long, tedious, and pointless respawn animation?