It's not far-fetched, but I'd hate for the tools that I use to be anchored on such old/outed systems. I'm sure ie6/8 is still used somewhat in those countries

It's not far-fetched, but I'd hate for the tools that I use to be anchored on such old/outed systems. I'm sure ie6/8 is still used somewhat in those countries as well. Should jQuery/React support them? You have to move on at some point. I'm sure India and China deal with issues similar to this across the board. They are used to it. They've coped. For example, there is a React clone that supports ie8 (forgot the name). Let them do what they do.