I'm a little late to the party, but I wrote an article on why I don't use game engines, in response to the whole Unity drama.
https://xianc78.codeberg.page/articles/game-engines.html
I've also added a contact page on my website, including a public GPG key if you want to send me an encrypted email.
@beardalaxy And that the engine your are using is designed for the game you are making.
@xianc78 I'm glad I'm at least using an engine I just had to pay for once.