I don't think whoever did the photo actually uses the product.

[Securb]

Very few companies do product photography in house. The company doing product photography has no idea about what they are shooting.

[jeremy]

i mean, just the way they setup the cables shows they dont know what they are doing

[beaubrummels]

There's an argument for doing this with delay, but not reverb IMHO

[St_Genesius]

Even for shoegaze, putting the od dead last is a weird choice.

Shoegaze.

[PFDarkside]

Shoegaze.

[Mincer]

I bet it is something they argued about.
"No, no one actually does this!"
"People read from left to right!"
"This is what the company wants!"
"I want eyes to hit the overdrive first!"

[St_Genesius]

I mean, look, I guarantee that I run a reverb in front of my dirt more often than any of you, but verb->fuzz->OD?

[St_Genesius]