IPCs are specialized and usually custom built, unlike borgs which tends to be mass produced. Borgs are lawed, and as they're so aptly named, stationbounds. They are bound to the station to the point where they explode if you try to take them away from it. They are also lawed to protect its assigned station and to assist its crew, and they cant really fulfill this if their access is gimped.
If you've seen the manifest when a borg is present, they're listed as equipment, which is what they are. As for their vast knowledge of everything, its usually explained that they're linked with the station and its database or something of the sort. They're pmuch a mouthy wikipedia with legs and grippers. However, I am 100% onboard that there are expectations to borgs when going into a department, and I have them aswell. If you do not know a department, pick an apprentice role, not borg.
They're a utility role meant to fill out where a department is lacking, not to overstep and do the job of station crew. You can ahelp if a borg is stepping on toes and doing their job for them.
Personally, I play borg to dick around with my job, and there is less roleplay expectation when playing the role as you're treated as useful equipment instead of a person.
Im very much against gimping them in this manner. It seems like a very unnecessary change.