I don’t understand.
I'm not preaching here as I'm not sure myself but here's how I think about it - and I may well be wrong. Also please substitute too low for too high in the quote (I'll amend in my post).
For example with a filter element with a designed by-pass pressure of around 23 psi the valve reacts when it senses a certain resistance (say a blocked filter) it then allows oil to by-pass the filter so it can continue to flow. On the other hand if you fit a filter with a designed by-pass pressure of a lot less, say 10 psi, and your return oil pressure is higher than that wouldn't the valve sense the higher pressure and trigger a by-pass
I know filters for different vehicles have different designed by-pass pressures so it can't be just about whether it screws into the housing ok. Most of the filters we buy, for example for the RGM Norton type of housing, were actually designed for cars, such as the 2CV, Dyane, Peugeot, Talbot, etc.