I don't understand. What is the problem and what is the proposed solution? An API definition is just "here's the functionality/interface I decided to expose to

I don't understand. What is the problem and what is the proposed solution? An API definition is just "here's the functionality/interface I decided to expose to the outside world." There are an infinite number of APIs that can be defined, such that when designing one you have to make a lot of arbitrary choices, sometimes "political" ones. Different groups take different approaches here, and respond differently to feedback, but I'm not aware of an endemic over-politicization problem.