I would go further than this, I'm interested in audio programming and decided to give it a shot using the Steinberg's SDK after reading the VST3 docs. The way the SDK is organized put me off VST3 entirely.
Sort of. The breaking of MIDI is not, by any means, a good API. In a few other aspects it seems needlessly complex - feels like it was designed to serve one company's strategies and interests, not that of an industry.