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by CM30 1201 days ago
Probably because in many cases the assumption is that the dev and main editor are the same person?

It's not a great assumption anymore (since many WordPress installs are now set up by agencies and dev teams for non technical clients), but it's likely a holdover from the days when most people installing it were also the main designer, developer, content writer, etc (read, bloggers).