Why aren't classes sealed by default?

Question

I was just wondering, since the sealed keyword\'s existence indicates that it\'s the class author\'s decision as to whether other classes are allowed to inh

Answer 1

For the same reason why objects are not private by default

or

to be consistent with the object analogue, which is objects are not private by default

Just guessing, coz at the end of the day it's a language's design decision and what the creators say is the canon material.