Counterpoint: I never really got "cyclocross" bikes. Sure, most of what was marketed as "cyclocross" or "cross" to the recreational market was more capable than a pure road bike (more tire clearance, generally more braze-ons), but they still had some awkward features carried over from cyclocross race bikes like higher bottom brackets.
"Gravel" bikes with even more tire clearance, bottle and rack mounts, and low bottom brackets are really what non-race "cyclocross" bikes should have been all along, IMO.
