If I were to just look at the bookmarks in my browser, I'd get the impression too that frameworks are useless. They're all a bunch of sites that render pretty s

If I were to just look at the bookmarks in my browser, I'd get the impression too that frameworks are useless. They're all a bunch of sites that render pretty static content. But the app that I work on in my day job (that I don't personally use) could not possibly be built without a framework. td;dr: a lot of things don't need a framework, but they are still very necessary in many cases. Likely not ones that regular consumers are exposed to though.