I remember when this kind of thing used to be called "job security" by developers, the useless complexity meant more work and more jobs. Now it's apparently be

I remember when this kind of thing used to be called "job security" by developers, the useless complexity meant more work and more jobs. Now it's apparently become so messed up (in part as an effort to lock developers into one platform) that it's made development work hell. Perhaps developers are somewhat complicit for not objecting sooner?