I agree with you, but I think many developers get reluctant to change when they have been doing something one way for a long time, especially if they feel that

I agree with you, but I think many developers get reluctant to change when they have been doing something one way for a long time, especially if they feel that one way works fine. I can also understand the position, as sometimes it can be fatiguing when technologies are constantly changing. For this project though, if they are actively going to avoid asynchronous programming, they may have been better off choosing a synchronous language.