The prevailing theory is that they got "punished" for revealing too much. That is a massive rabbit hole one may explore. Ref. Orwell who "died" shortly after revealing too much with his '1984' publication.
Note there is some evidence if you notice the "corruption" of the series with gratutitous rave orgy scene in Matrix III and the general decline in story and quality in 2 and 3 that the franchise was co-opted with the intent to dilute. Matrix 4 appears a bit closer to the original message from what I have read.
The prevailing theory is that they got "punished" for revealing too much. That is a massive rabbit hole one may explore. Ref. Orwell who "died" shortly after revealing too much with his '1984' publication.
Note there is some evidence if you notice the "corruption" of the series with gratutitous rave orgy scene in Matrix III and the general decline in story and quality in 2 and 3 that the franchise was co-opted with the intent to dilute. Matrix 4 appears a bit closer to the original message from what I have read.
Poor bastards. Icarus redux.