It's just marketing. Sharing game recordings with friends is "A Thing". Microsoft wants to be seen as helping normal users do popular things (and get them tied

It's just marketing. Sharing game recordings with friends is "A Thing". Microsoft wants to be seen as helping normal users do popular things (and get them tied closer into the Xbox brand). Recording for other purposes doesn't let them brand the feature as obviously. From what other commenters are saying, it often misses things like tooltips and menu dropdowns.