I think you can blame "agile thinking" for that and the general laziness in product planning which is so typical of the last 10 years.
We went from recognising that requirements may change after planning to zero planning and telling developers what's the next priority for the day, day by day.
This lack of planning and product definition is also what drives the lack of documentation, which is another big problem in 2021.
I don't expect going back to waterfall but also not what's going on nowadays. Hopefully we'll bounce back in the middle at some point.
We went from recognising that requirements may change after planning to zero planning and telling developers what's the next priority for the day, day by day.
This lack of planning and product definition is also what drives the lack of documentation, which is another big problem in 2021.
I don't expect going back to waterfall but also not what's going on nowadays. Hopefully we'll bounce back in the middle at some point.