This isn’t necessarily a vendor-led phenomenon as it is a mutual conspiracy between customers and vendors. It is a pendulum swing between different members of

This isn’t necessarily a vendor-led phenomenon as it is a mutual conspiracy between customers and vendors. It is a pendulum swing between different members of the industry, some that prefer complexity as the source of their job security, and those that prefer simplicity and beauty (even if there are limitations). Arguably NeXT IB and Objective C tried to straddle both worlds (and slid into complexity over time with iOS And MacOS) Also See: Heroku vs Kubernetes