Comment by typewithrhythm

The reason everything is built on millions of layers is not because it is actually required, but because we have invested a whole lot of time in building frameworks so that mediocre programmers can get fast results.

I would call it a culture issue, where we are not able to seperate out places where this is fine, new interesting apps are great, I want as many as possible.

From places where it's destructive, I would be happy if none of the ways I interact with an os had changed since windows 7, but it had gotten faster, more secure, and resilient.