Ah, that is a good way of dealing with it, thanks Wishgranter!
It is quite interesting that the result of simplifying is exactly the same when done repetedly with the same target number and the same source. That means there is no randomizer in the algorythm like it seems to be the case with alignment. Just for the sake of it I tried it with “Preserve parts” set to true, but again the result is identical.
Is there any chance that this might be fixed at some point?
Because I figure that simplifying several times must have a similar effect on details than, say, saving an image as jpeg several times.
Not to mention the time involved with huge clouds…