minimalism is a proper artistic and engineering principle of avoiding overcomplicated designs. for art, my personal experience several times over-working a piece of art ruined it. some of the best art is just a few squiggles that carry a message far stronger than a fancy photorealistic painting of the same concept. but such an excuse can be made, especially by developers and business bean counters, for not conforming to community standards of implementations and philosophy. they aren't championing minimalism, they are just saying "wontfix" in less words.