The jack orientation is certainly different, aesthetically challenging, but not really bizarre.

For a start, the jack is less likely to fall out and the lead naturally runs out over the strap for extra support. There are a few 'name' guitarists who have done something similar with their signature or custom-made models. And some Ibanez S-series models have a less angled, but still slightly upwardly pointing jack socket.

The output leads from the jack also now flows straight from the end of the jack socket into the control cavity, instead of having to be folded back on itself to exit through a hole in the side of the jack rout, which is a technically better solution.

The standard Strat jack socket is a really poor execution of what it should have been IMO. The design forces the end of the jack into the end of the rout, and the socket has to be rotated just so inside the rout for the whole thing to work. Get it wrong and the wires snag the jack and it either won't go in, or the plate won't fit flat. I think visuals overcame good engineering. The whole angled indent needed to be at a shallower angle with a longer plate and a rout big enough to have some leeway when fitting the jack.

Or else the jack should have been on the edge of the guitar body.

You could always get a black or black chrome jack plate, which will be less visually obtrusive.