You've picked a poor example to prove your point because web development collectively jumped the shark and websites using technology from around 2006 are the mo

You've picked a poor example to prove your point because web development collectively jumped the shark and websites using technology from around 2006 are the most reliable and easy to use. Back then usability, graceful degradation and progressive enhancement were appreciated by developers. Nowadays we have the complexity of Enterprise Java except with less reliability and in JS. And ads and tracking and virality everywhere.