> I think (hope) that we'll see a backlash against merging and simplification Why? This seems like it's just an attitude of "I know the 'correct' way and ever

> I think (hope) that we'll see a backlash against merging and simplification Why? This seems like it's just an attitude of "I know the 'correct' way and everyone else is wrong". If we can get the same message across in a simpler construct and with less information exchange why is that bad? No one complains that gzip is ruining the web by compressing page loading times.