ditch unassisted and use another unapproved program mesanna said in the last dev live stream they don't care about them
This is a bold and specific claim and it is incumbent upon you to provide backing for it. Especially since it's easy enough to verify if it's true.
Here is my attempt.
Here's a link to the most-recent dev team video:
it dates to June 2021. I remember listening to it. I don't recall anything being said like that and none of the comments on the video suggest they said anything like that. At least not that I can see. What do you see, and where do you see it?
Here is a link to the Stratics board discussion of that livestream:
Nothing in there suggests that they at any point said they 'don't care about' unapproved third party programs. The only references I can find to anything close to that are this comment, and various replies to it:
[During this 'chat' Mesanna also made a point of refusing to discuss
third party clients, so will these be allowed on New Legacy? If not then
the team need to get off the fence and say if they are still illegal.
With so many old folks playing UO it would help many people if they
didn't have to do so much clicking, especially if they are having to
raise all skills on a new shard. I still feel like they do a lot of
talking but don't actually say much. There is no way this can be out
this year with everything still so vague.]
Not sure what the poster meant by her saying that Mesanna "made a point of refusing to discuss" the issue. But, at any rate, it's very far from the bold claim you're making. At least that's what I see. What do you see, and where do you see it?
It's definitely arguable that, in effect, they don't care, until they suddenly do, temporarily and at unpredictable intervals.
That's definitely my perception too. And it saddens me.
But that's different from the claim you're making, which is, as noted, a very bold and specific claim.
Just so that I'm clear I'll repeat myself, yet again: I concur that, from the devs' actions, it sure seems that they have priorities other than these programs. But that's different from what you said.