I am honestly not sure. Maybe to get people to upgrade to the subscription plans instead of sticking with the free versions by making the free version less reliable? Maybe to make sure telemetry in the free version of the editor works better?
I am also curious to hear from Unity what their reasoning is for putting excessive DRM on a "free" engine.
I am also curious to hear from Unity what their reasoning is for putting excessive DRM on a "free" engine.