I understand both sides of it. The thing is that most code bases that aren't using an official SDK will tend to wrap the raw HTTP calls in something that perfor

I understand both sides of it. The thing is that most code bases that aren't using an official SDK will tend to wrap the raw HTTP calls in something that performs the relevant operations anyway. A good SDK cuts out a few classes/functions that would have been written anyway. Of course, that assumes that the SDK exists and is good.