If they tried to enforce that on previous version they'd get sued from all directions for contract violations. It was never going to work like that, there's no way Unity could have even afforded to defend themselves against such a barrage of lawsuits.
So the only question remaining is this: Did they announce these changes with the intent to walk them back to something else, or are they really that stupid?
So the only question remaining is this: Did they announce these changes with the intent to walk them back to something else, or are they really that stupid?
My bet is on the latter, honestly.