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Yes, installed size is also an issue. And on iOS tens of thousands of small files will waste a lot of space. One may say that compared to photos and videos that's small potatoes but I disagree. Efficient use of resources, memory, bandwidth, battery, etc. matters.

On top of the discussed complexity and featuritis, I suspect over-engineering, NIH syndrom and "architecture" must have played a role. Misunderstanding, misapplying and blaming MVC to end up with twice the code in 3 or more times more classes.