Sounds like a decision that could only be made by a company that believes their API will change often (or is for whatever reason worried about 0Ds) and without

Sounds like a decision that could only be made by a company that believes their API will change often (or is for whatever reason worried about 0Ds) and without enough engineering headroom to handle versioning and translation layers correctly. It could greatly simplify a style of development that allows companies to move quickly without paying certain costs.