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a spectrum
The industry trying to sell us a bike for every slight variation in riding. The industry will probably hit a wall in a few years in terms of the extremes of geometry and then the new thing will be LLS XC bikes, and shorter offset/adjustable forks.
Dogs-
The bike industry is always trying to sell you new stuff, much like any other consumerist enterprise.
There's many fads that were fads for their own sake. But LLS isn't. I just think that modern bike geometry is better than ever and LLS really works.
There are already LLS XC bieks as well.
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The industry trying to sell us a bike for every slight variation in riding.
Would you rather every frame had 71/73 angles like they did in the 90s? (With a 130mm stem to match?)
Yeah, there are more niches now, but at least you have a bit of choice as to which one you best fit into.
t_w
Bearlegged
There's going to be natural limits according to rider height, ability, terrain and trail type. If you consider that LLS should operate in a spectrum then the bikes generally perform better than steeper, higher, shorter bikes of just a few years ago.
I'm not advocating everyone rides the most extreme versions of this trend in geometry. Just that having a spectrum to choose your ideal geometry within that range, especially in terms of custom builds, is a boon today.