That is rather obnoxious. I'd be really nice if SH could make your views of stories you author not count. It kinda defeats the purpose as is.
The number of views an author puts in their own story is too small for it to matter. Like, if you check your series 10x per day and have 1000 views/day in one day, you'll only amount for 1% of your views anyways, so... It's not really impactful in any way.
Also, if an author wanted to try gaming the system to try gaining extra views, they could just do so by using a private window or something, so... Really, it's not as if it was a particularly large hurdle to clear.
So really, not obnoxious nor defeating the purpose at all. Your own views on your story are simply too small in number to impact the numbers on the long run.