I think your "Fact 3" there makes me question if you know what a fact is.

What you think SE's intentions are for those guidelines arent exactly hidden based off that misrepresented Q/A in your signature. Those wards are intentionally different from instanced housing - we can so much as build virtual communities here. We can get that "hey neighbor" feeling. Not something we can do in instanced housing. It doesnt work in inactive housing though, no one wants to live in a ward looking like detroit - viod of all life and empty structures. Demo timer addresses that.

While you are correct SE said one thing and did another, we do NOT know if the reasoning they chose to do so is to get more subscriptions - it could even be lifed if the housing supply satisfies most of the demand. It could be many reasons the demo timers are here - some are for positive experiences.