It is frustrating, but it has always been like this, even before Madara got his BT. Even back when he was first released he was sometimes recommended as a counter to Edo Minato's barrier because the lower init player would always get the barrier up.

For me, it's really unfortunate, because my P1 has high init relative to my BP, so now when I fight similar/weaker powers who should be getting sc3wed because of their lower init, they instead get the barrier and I'm the one getting poisoned. Almost makes me kinda mad I stacked so hard into P1 initiative lol.