"How can we legitimize simple mobile games that are more psychological achievement luring and pay-to-avoid-grind instead of actual entertainment?"
"Write a bunch of lies?"
"Hahaha, you're fired. Who reads anything, our market audience is facebook, not news."
Frustration with the trends aside, games are getting more LEGITIMATELY difficult overall. Garbage control schemes and bad responsiveness is disappearing, and games like Dark Souls will kill you but you know what you need to do to improve. More devs are wiping away the interfering elements to get to the juicy core gameplay.
"You should the forums"
Better words never said.