I just don't buy that narrative. It's not my experience, and it doesn't really make sense. Most frontend devs would love a more sane ecosystem and tools. It'

I just don't buy that narrative. It's not my experience, and it doesn't really make sense. Most frontend devs would love a more sane ecosystem and tools. It's not like it would put them out of business... it would just make their work more pleasant. Also, rank and file "dom diddlers" wouldn't be the ones "fixing" this problem anyway. There's a ton of economic incentive to fix it, but the problem of entrenchment is powerful when essentially the entire web is run on this mess. That's why it hasn't happened yet.