You are right, that is the point.
We are in a PVE server, therefore no sense to keep land areas covered by that way. I can understand that you need an area, but cover all fkng island with random single foundations can't be a way.
There is people who start palying now, if developers allow to do that, where they new players can go? even they cannot put a single campfire or a bed!
It's not fair and unvalanced way to play, hope they fix that question, or for me as an expample the game is dead untill they wipe the servers.