Hi DozyWannabe,
Those limits are not there to inhibit pilots, they're there to prevent structural damage and loss of control.
That was the design concept - but sometimes the programmers haven't anticipated every possible eventuality. There have been several heavy landings where the ELAC computers prevented the authority the pilots wanted.
Accident of an Iberian Airbus A320 in Bilbao
I bet the LH A320 crosswind landing pilots wish they had full aileron control once the landing gear touched the runway. I know they should not have been there in the first place (X wind outside limits) - but reducing the maximum amount of available aileron control on touch down doesn't make sense to me.