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Why are Additions required for using virtual machines through Remote Desktop?

I was recently asked why it is required to have Virtual Machine Additions installed when trying to control virtual machines by connecting to the host operating system with Remote Desktop (as discussed here). 

To set the terminology correctly – we have two modes of mouse operation: integrated and relative mode.  Integrated mode is the mode that we use when Virtual Machine Additions are installed, it is also the mode used by Remote Desktop.  In this mode the absolute coordinates of the m





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