I have yet to see these mythical HATEOAS compliant applications, they must be so amazing and simple, example anyone? And if it turns out that there is no such

I have yet to see these mythical HATEOAS compliant applications, they must be so amazing and simple, example anyone? And if it turns out that there is no such thing, should I conclude that all these people talking about it really just base their opinion on some academic talking points and are actually full of shit?