[jayd16]

it's weird that the your quote and your own explanation offer technical reasons for separate services but then you say it's not a technical pattern.

You'll need services. They're hard. If something is hard but it needs to be done, you should get good at it.

Like every fad, there a backlash from people seeing the fad fall apart when used poorly.

Services are a good pattern with trade offs. Weigh the trade offs, just don't do things to do them.