> They want to provide a single excessively complicated API which all client-side (web, Android, iOS, TV, IoT, etc) devs can consume without disturbing them (at

> They want to provide a single excessively complicated API which all client-side (web, Android, iOS, TV, IoT, etc) devs can consume without disturbing them (at the cost of 10 requests to render a single page) I've seen that quite a few times. Basically moving the entire business logic to the frontend, so that the backend can remain elegant and generic (yet somehow complicated too). In the end it actually makes for a slower app experience and may cause insane complexity on the frontend.