There have always been dictionary attacks. You're judging it from the wrong position. Diceware is an improvement upon the usual kinds of passwords people feel

There have always been dictionary attacks. You're judging it from the wrong position. Diceware is an improvement upon the usual kinds of passwords people feel forced to come up with, and then re-use everywhere. A password manager is better than diceware, and whilst it feels like less friction to people who use them, people can be unwilling to use one. Just rejecting passwords found in HIBP's stolen passwords list had me receive death threats and long rants about how password security isn't my responsibility and I was putting up too much friction.