"it uses a lot of bandwidth" is exactly the problem that skeu-craziness is. Purposeless high-resolution backgrounds and animations waste storage space, bandwidth, cycles, and developer time. Time/money spent adding a fake leather texture is time/money unspent on functional aspects of a product.
So you're against textures full stop, not just skeumorphism? Because of course high-resolution textures are not necessarily skeumorphic.
> Time/money spent adding a fake leather texture is time/money unspent on functional aspects of a product.
Using a fake leather texture takes about as long as using some other texture or choosing a solid color or choosing which direction the gradient goes in... You're either spending time on design, or you're not. Even being minimalistic takes time and intention.
