Why I dump 'layered' art in the digital compost bin???

tbh the whole 'more layers = better art' vibe is garbage and I will scream into the void until someone hears me?? like sure layers give you flexibility but when does it become overkill?? I saw a piece the other day with 473 layers and it looked like someone spilled paint over a spreadsheet... just because you CAN clip a mask onto a vector shape doesn't mean you SHOULD?? composting teaches us to let things break down naturally why do digital artists force complexity where simplicity would rot so much better?? I made this little glitchy abstract thing last night with 12 layers total and it got more saves than my 8k hyperrealistic render farm masterpiece... maybe people are tired of watching over-layered soups of adjustment layers and smart objects?? or maybe I'm just a cranky digital gardener who wants to see roots not render times??