Does this discussion not also apply to most mono vs poly scenarios? Monolith vs microservices comes to mind. The infamous monolith kernel vs micro kernel discus

Does this discussion not also apply to most mono vs poly scenarios? Monolith vs microservices comes to mind. The infamous monolith kernel vs micro kernel discussion between Tannenbaum and Torvalds. Even small companies vs large ones. We shift the complexity and pain to where we are most comfortable with it. Or where we see the best benefits from the trade off.