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Because calling it a four thirds sensor would just confuse the matter, given that you can't mount a micro four thirds lens to a four thirds lens mount camera body, despite them both using four thirds sensors.
The people that need to know the difference already know the difference, and the people that don't know the difference are really talking about lens compatibility and not sensor size.
I don't see how it would be confusing when not all mirrorless cameras with 4/3 sensors are even compatible with mft. It has caused me quite a bit of confusion and videos explicitly talking about image sensors are mixing them up.
That's my point. If you see someone saying "micro four thirds" what they really mean "micro four thirds lens mount on a four thirds sensor"
No one is talking about four thirds lens mount systems anymore, because it's a deprecated format