The commit that they have a screenshot of notes this, but it isn't in the article text. FWIW I can't read that screenshot with zoom level 100% on my desktop, but I can if I zoom further or open it in a new window (it isn't clickable though).
I think my critique is somewhat correct in that you seem to suggest that this change was made to allow for expanding the permissions from one product to all products, which I don't think one can derive from the things we know.
I think I was somewhat wrong in that I may have suggested that you said this was the only reason (which you didn't explicitly) and also in that I dismissed that they factually can use these permissions from other products now, i.e., no matter whether it was intended or not, the permissions set for other products is broader now.