This? Is going too far in the other direction. Back in the Silver Age, Darkseid only cared about Earth when it had something he was after. His minions were much more interested, but they weren't anywhere close to Darkseid's power level. One of the greatest LoSH stories was masterminded by a Darkseid who had become much weaker than he used to be. Look into The Great Darkness Saga to see what a weak Darkseid could do.
Post-Crisis, it became ridiculous. Darkseid was lowered too the point where Superman could beat him in a moderately fair fight. I don't know if I blame any one creator for this; this was the end result of 20 years of writing.
Ideally, this is one area where DC damn well should go back to the Silver Age. The lesser New Gods of both worlds can hang out on Earth every now and then (and a certain pair should live there!), but a trip to New Genesis should be a rare and wondrous thing and a trip to Apokolips should leave the heroes with nightmares. Darkseid should stay home. He has much bigger fish to fry.