I've figured it out
The developers of Unity, secretly and in their heart of hearts, aspire to to work for Microsoft and be windoz developers. See for yourself. What is our alternative, now? Soon only Plan 9 will be Unix. Guys, if you want to be like Microsoft, go apply for a job with them and please don't terrorize us.
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