It leads people down a different path, but that's not necessarily the correct path. For example, between the lack of discoverability of separate repos and the h

It leads people down a different path, but that's not necessarily the correct path. For example, between the lack of discoverability of separate repos and the hurdle of modifying multiple separate repos, teams might be tempted to duplicate functionality and data instead of figuring out the appropriate relationships between services. Some amount of coupling is normal and reasonable. There are ways to manage it well.