To answer your question, yes this is the majority of the experience and is almost a given decision in the initial setup, in part because of the security associa

To answer your question, yes this is the majority of the experience and is almost a given decision in the initial setup, in part because of the security association. Especially in enterprises it's easier to just say service mesh than have to think the decision through. Regardless of service mesh though, although it's a part of it, the complicated reputation is not undeserved and not solely due to meshes.