@bozmillar I know what you mean. I think I should create something similar to workspaces that Adobe uses in their products. I'm not throwing away controls, but I can hide them and restructure GUI based on what's left
The other thing is that oversimplification trend makes me mad. Even though most people are not techy and are very lazy, product managers shouldn't treat users like idiots (I know that I'm on the opposite extreme though
). I used to have several useful apps on my phone, and as time went by I uninstalled them because developers started to remove features, which rendered apps not functional. It's the whole separate science - designing with UX in mind. And the only good examples I can come up with is NI Massive and iZotope RX plugin pack.