You're reading a lot into a single sentence fragment, and an awful lot of these decisions are not obvious a priori. In this case, the impression I got was "sepa

You're reading a lot into a single sentence fragment, and an awful lot of these decisions are not obvious a priori. In this case, the impression I got was "separating a large monolithic app is a risky, expensive move" and that concern overrode other practical concerns. I doubt these constraints came about as surprises once their hand was forced.