Last time pointed that out here, Cory Doctorow himself popped up to tell me it's okay, we don't need to word police other people.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776712

Liquid Glass has worse performance implications, which is bad for older devices with slow processors, and older devices with older batteries. It's also very difficult to use on older devices with smaller screens, like the 2022 iPhone SE. Further, Apple stopped making it possible to upgrade to minor releases for security patches.

All these give someone a reason to replace their otherwise perfectly-working iPhone sooner.