the story
Some people think skeuomorphism in digital UI is evil. It's complicated but its not inherently evil. It's an opinion. I think the idea of skeuomorphism is currently tangled up in a story about two white dudes who disagreed about something during a specific (brief) time of digital ui design history. Humans love a story, they love an opinion, and they love to take sides. I think the story of Scott Forstall and Jony Ive are driving this trend in design to be anti-skeuomorphism.