They are not copying satoshi. What they do is trying to avoid future implications if they have bad thoughts and results about their project.
No one will be followed, no one will get sued if the team is anonymous. This is why it's good to follow those projects that has a known team and is composed of people that has experience in cryptocurrencies, not just the typical expert that the media says.
Anonymous team are not good to follow because they have bad thoughts . You are right.. Its better to follow projects with good team and composed people.
Most of defi projects are lead by anonymous team and that was a bad signal for investors but from what i see peoples are born to be greed and most of the investors are not care as long the defi projects could bring them profit.