Where is Hardcore Mode in Minecraft Education 1.21.90.1?

Since the newest update of MC:EE released just recently, I was impressed with all of the overhauls that were present, especially spectator mode. But there was 1 thing that was missing.

HARDCORE MODE!

Since spectator mode finally made it into v1.21.90.1, I was wondering, why is hardcore mode not in it? The reason why I thought this was because hardcore was the reason spectator exists, spectator was meant for the purpose to see all of your progress in hardcore mode, and hardcore would be a really good way to open up to education players. There was also a hint that hardcore mode was going to be a future update since from v1.21.40.1 - v1.21.80.1 since there was a disabled hardcore mode toggle.

Another reason why is that not all players use education for educational purposes, instead using the app because they don’t have the money to pay for both Java and Bedrock, and they use education edition because it’s free. So to better resonate with the casual players of the education edition, as well as adding hardcore mode would fit the gap perfectly between Java, and Bedrock, since both of those editions already have hardcore mode present.

Thanks for your time!

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