Did Apple explain why they abandoned the snapping/magnetic/shape-changing iPad mouse pointer announced in 2020, and went to a more traditional arrow last year?

Answering my own question:

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/208 starting at 8:45, but there’s no explanation, just the sort of “we’ve always been at war with eastasia” one expects from Apple’s polished statements.

For comparison, the 2020 video: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10640/

You bet I’m writing a blog post.