Unity's planned changes are so bizarre I had to come up with some explanation myself. Here are my 3 theories.

1) The leadership knows Unity days are numbered (Unreal maybe?) and they decided to milk the cow for all its worth while they can.

2) Plain sabotage. Someone got money to purposely crash the company.

3) Sheer hubris. Unity somehow believes they can get away with it. Kinda like when companies started to put microtransactions and it worked despite the complaints.

Personally, I am going with 1. Late-game capitalism is all about short-term profits instead of longevity.