I think one area where shared libraries is are a huge toll is in C++. ABI concerns have crippled a lot of improvements to the library. In addition, because C++ development by default uses the system C++ standard library, many times the latest C++ languages and libraries can’t be used.

In addition, with regards to saved disk space and central patching, Docker negates a lot of those benefits. Basically instead of static linking, you end up shipping a whole container with a bunch of shared libraries