This seems to be a little over-simplistic. There are many good cases for microservices, and there are times when going into the project, you know it is what is needed. I think there are also a number of ways to make microservices, and it doesn't have to always be difficult. For instance, the last 4 projects I have built have been done with microsoervices, where the API Gateway endpoints such as /user or /machines each talk to their own lambda microservice.