I may be observing something that isn't really a problem, but to me it seems that the key value of the Arduino is its simplicity, but that as it has grown in popularity the simplicity seems to be getting lost in all the added stuff.
I once considered converting the Butterfly to the Arduino way, then reconsidered since it seemed to dilute the value of both things.
By analogy Arduino seems like an iPhone, a marvel of user friendliness, but instead of staying simple, folks have taken off the back and now there are thousands of wires running all over the place to room full of high tech looking widgets buzzing and beeping in the background. So how is the novice going to find the original iPhone in all the clutter?
So is the original Arduino concept getting lost in all the extensions? Does this make sense and has it been discussed elsewhere in the forum?
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