This is an issue that plagues modern open-source libraries in general, but the ones you mention, Winit and Wgpu, are particularly awful examples of this disease. Winit turning the event loop inside out might have had a reason on some platform, though I don't see why the old API couldn't have been supported anymore. Both projects frequently shuffle around their data structures with no rhyme or reason. Everything built on top of them breaks all the time, for tiny perceived gains in naming consistency. I think your suggested term "refuckering" is indeed a nice way to put it.