[BjoernKW]

In my opinion your perceptions are correct. Microservices aren't a cure-all to be applied indiscriminately. They're a design pattern that's useful in some contexts and less so in others.

In order to really benefit from the use of microservices your organizational structure has to be non-monolithic as well (Conway's law), i.e. ideally you'd have cross-functional teams that take end-to-end responsibility for single microservices.