And if you look at little closer, it's beyond obvious this is what is behind all of this - if you use Unity's ad services (IronSource) then all the per install fee business magically goes away.
They are trying to force people into their services - plain and simple. It was pretty obvious to me but stuff like this just reenforces it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOCTSp_U-KI
Here is an example of one of their mobile ad products: https://www.is.com/mobile-advertising-sdk/
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