IMHO, it's the other way around: Apple saw that they would likely have to implement this in the near future, and decided to go ahead. The paranoid part of me w

IMHO, it's the other way around: Apple saw that they would likely have to implement this in the near future, and decided to go ahead. The paranoid part of me would also entertain the idea of a singular force pushing both developments forward, but I don't have any evidence for this.