Why is it more commonly said that Minecraft has become too simple?

(Troll contributions are not welcome here)

Because I totally disagree. Because in the 1.9, the cooldown was added, which made Minecraft fighting in survivor mode much harder, since mobs can no longer be killed by spamclicking in one second. (Which I think very well)

But that's why I understand the less why it says Minecraft would have been heavier in the 1.8. As I said, I do not think so.

And even if a Minecraft is still too easy in the new versions, you can easily set the difficulty to hard, so what's the problem?

Maybe you think the new Minecraft is too easy, or maybe you know someone who means that.

I think that it was a lot (difficult) or extensive, which for me has rather "destroyed" the game… I have been playing for 8 years and then Survival was really more fun. The updates are great and new stuff is always welcome, but I rather miss the simple and "smaller" Minecraft thing it was in beta. Although the community has grown very strong but also slipped more and more negative.

In itself briefly on the subject of difficulty:
It has been more difficult by the pvp update, just as already mentioned, by the new combat mechanics. Skeletons have become much more annoying due to their fast movements. Also the raids and new mobs are "more difficult" to deal with. I do not really play Survival any more (except with mods) so I can't really speak from my own experience, but compared to much earlier.

Definitely more challenging

There was a limit on how often mobs could be hit, so spam clicking was not possible. There are now AoE attacks and the extremely powerful shield.
Cooldown makes it hard for people who have no clue about fighting anyway.

People who call the game "too simple" already refer to "heavy".

In the meantime, there were zombie hordes and zombies could destroy wooden doors, but that was removed. The people who like it now have even more reasons to call the game easy.

The enemies have not really become stronger since then, and enchanting is easier than ever.

The whole spamming just belonged to me and I really enjoyed something like Survival Games / Bed Wars. After all the cooldowns have been introduced and slowly spread to pretty much all good servers, I have actually stopped completely. My colleagues as well.

But for me anyway, Minecraft was never really about survival, more about the creative mode and what you can do to make it sick. From huge buildings / cities to complicated Redstone circuits and everything in between. That made me mine (around 2012-2013) Minecraft.

Too bad that there are no hours of gameplay in the game, this is by far my most played game.

@PerfectMuffin

I think the sign is almost a must if you fight against skeletons. Otherwise you will be hit. At that time, you could use a sword to block, which does not reduce the damage to 0. Still, I can understand it by saying that the sign makes Minecraft easier.

People who call the game "too simple" already refer to "heavy".

If you find Minecraft in heavy mode still too easy, you should try a challange in my opinion. Even though it's the 1.14, the heavy mode still makes it pretty clean. (I think)

The thing about the zombies, that zombies can't scrape wooden doors anymore, is kind of sad. But you can just use an iron door or trap doors instead of a normal door anyway, so I do not think it made Minecraft any harder.

That there are no more zombie hordes in Survival mode is kind of sad, where you can also say that Minecraft has made it harder.

Do you know in which versions the zombie hordes and the zombie doorway ability have been removed?

(In the Minecraft Wiki I do not think that)

Sorry, I think it was an early Verisond it survival update?