Aha, just come accross note 94051.1 explaining _LIKE_WITH_BIND_AS_EQUALITY... but it's probably not relevant in my case as my query doesn't make use of bind variables. And yes I tried it (at the session level) just for kicks with no effect on the execution plan
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