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Originally Posted by timmmoore
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The Q&A still is not supposed to be the medium over which rules changes are made. If any rules changes have been made (I haven't read the relevant manual sections, so I'm not sure whether they were or if only clarifications were offered), they might appear in a team update.
As far as why - who knows. Leveling the field? Maybe the back end software isn't there yet? Keeping things simple for inspectors?
Regardless, you should be able to mimic the I2C (or serial, for that matter) interface using digital I/O and some low-level code. It would be a lot of work, but it can be done.
EDIT: You can also look out for specialized hardware to convert between I2C and an easier-to-implement protocol like RS-232. You can then connect your sensor to that custom circuit and write some simple serial port code for your digital inputs. I believe that this would still be legal.