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Barebones, usually. In general I prefer software that does only one thing and one thing well. Input or output to/from said software can be handled by other pieces software.
I'm a big fan of modular designs where you can swap out any layer with something else, provided that the data interchange is c9mpatible.
Lacking the above, I usually go for softwares with support for plugins/extensions.