>>6It's more like break a problem that wasn't really that big to begin with into lots of tinier ones, so each of them can then become even more bloated and inefficient.
This really only benefits cloud providers, since their profit is directly based on how much you use them. Tiny problems taking huge amounts of their resources is awesome from their perspective, because then they get to charge you more!
They just put out lots of propaganda about how much better it is to try to hide that. It doesn't take a genius to realise, but then again, the majority of developers are trendchasing idiots who will mindlessly regurgitate whatever the marketing campaigns spew...
Look at where the money is going. It's like a store having a sale --- they're not lowering their prices so you can pay less, they're doing it so you'll want to buy more and increase their overall profit.