The whole issue of no longer having a current instrument rating is another mess that disadvantages a lot of people for no real gain. Is an old-style instrument rating renewed in a 737 simulator really worth less than an instrument rating renewed in a Seminole out of Maroochydore?
Or to see it another way does a Seminole renewal cover a B737 operation!
No, they are very different so the competency v instrument renewal argument is valid.
You need to get over this issue, the ATPL issue process is now almost the same as the New Zealand rule (with the difference that the NZ CAA had the approvals sorted, but does not have the MCC requirement yet) since the part 91/119/121 was implemented last century.