The education edition is aimed at software users. Tianzheng Architecture and AUTOCAD can both have educational editions, in fact, both have educational editions. Other commercial software can also have educational versions.
As the name implies, the education edition is aimed at education and training institutions, such as schools. The use of educational software in that kind of institution is mainly to teach learners how to use the software. This is actually a shortcut for software companies to push their software to the commercial market and occupy the market. This is the ulterior ugly purpose of its educational edition. Is it dark? Of course, to judge whether it is black or not, we must have a clear understanding of reality.