It’s because studios have UX designers nowadays. Which they didn’t had 15 years ago. Some UX designers optimize the game to the dumbest play testers, or they can’t read between the lines of the play test results. Play testers say they don’t understand the UI and the UX developer interprets as UI needs to be simpler.
Probably because OF is independent work, can set your own schedule, never have to interact with a customer IRL and it’s fun if you love sex. Beats working under a shitty manager at a fast food restaurant or in retail dealing with Karens on a daily basis.