Quote Originally Posted by MetroAlien View Post
As for specialist characters just 'nuking' certain skill checks compared to 'laymen' characters, that just comes down to the GM's skill, imho.
The issue isn’t that some tasks are impossible for non-trained characters—that is up to the GM and logic of the story. The problems arise when the system does this automatically, or is otherwise hard for a GM to easily correct during play. Constantly escalating DCs exacerbate this problem and don’t provide any easy mechanical solutions for the GM.

Saying GM skill can solve the problem isn’t accurate and also implies that the issue is system-agnostic. In my experience that’s not true—for example 5e doesn’t have an airtight skill system, but because of bounded accuracy a DM has lots of ways to tweak the odds without distorting the rules. Pathfinder 2 has a much bigger issue with this because those escalating bonuses are also working as niche protection in the system.