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Sure but they are tangled at the macro level.

What happens with monoliths is they tangle at all levels. How many times have you seen a giant "Utils" module which initially contained stateless StringUtils and similar classes then devolved into a dumping ground for stateful business logic.

Or especially with JVM applications how many times do library dependencies for one of part of the codebase end up causing issues with another. That's a big bonus with microservices i.e. being able to manage third-party dependencies better.