Ron Rosenfeld wrote
If ATC is giving you a 30° intercept at the FAF without you requesting it,
I believe they are acting contrary to their manual

This may well be, but I find it's more the norm than the exception.

and engaging in a potentially dangerous practice.

Maybe I'm just used to it, but it really doesn't seem to be. Now when
they give me a 60 degree intercept inside the FAF...

Michael