Genuine question for yaoi and Yuri seekers

I'm not here to judge BC I've been that person before for a brief time during my porn addiction phase. But genuinely why do some people expect a story to be yaoi/Yuri just bc there are two people of the same gender..?? Or this works with straight-enjoyers too Ig, why can't some stories be platonic. Sometimes it's sad to see real gem plot lines get no attention because they're not yuri/yaoi/romance or some of the readers just doesn't see the genuine love because they're more focused on finding out whether the story has romance or not.

Asking this bc some people will let this thought escalate into obsession to the point of shipping internet figures and real people in their life.

A little dump abt my previously mentioned phase. I used to think that my life was boring asf af and try to find romance in my daily life in a bad way, to the point of shipping real people around me. But now that I have experienced healthy platonic friendship, romance doesn't seem like the most interesting/important thing in my life. I pray we all get better