[rickdeckard]

While this may be a nice side-effect of that direction, I am quite sure that Apple was not even considering such 3rd party impacts when they decided.

Looking back at the announcement, it's more likely that the Management had to decide on the key message for the unveiling prior to the event, and there wasn't much "media-disruptive" to choose from.

So Liquid Glass got elevated to top priority and then all teams got the order to ensure it is present in as many apps as possible.