Ryanair have long ago admitted they allocate seats randomely to they who don't reserve a certain one, in the hope to sell them one. But they claim it is not deliberately middle seats, it just isn't window or aisle seats. One would however think they would have cop on enough to change this policy in the middel of a pandemic. They have had 6 months to do it now and they have increased their IT with a factor of 10 in the later years adding doens of programmers exactly so they could have more and faster control over their systems. Maybe a litle punishment from the italians is what is needed to light a CoVid19 candle under Ryanair management.