The secret is: You can still play the game in a harder difficulty even if there isn’t a tiny jpg you get on your profile for doing it.

Tbh, I don't give a fuck about trophies or achievements. I don't have a single platinum trophy despite having a ps4 for like seven years. I played Fallout 4 on Survival because it was fun. It's a good balance for gunplay. I like the immersion of saving on sleep. It's actually a damn good survival mode, and you should do it even without a trophy.

Any other examples you can give since you feel most games do this, and not just Fallout 4? Starting to read your post you send the message you got surprised. At the end you write like all games do this now. Not trying to just argue here, I'm genuinely curious which one it is. Nice thoughts.

Achievements shouldn't be locked behind things people might not wanna do.

This is because some people who aren't as good at the game still want to feel like they earned all of the achievements. I feel that its a lot more inclusive and even though it feels more like "everybody wins a prize" I feel like if you truly love a challenge you shouldn't need an achievement for doing it. I would rather have gaming be more inclusive than exclude some people.