jQuery still provides an objectively superior (more expressive, concise, and compatible) API for the dom. Yes, the cut an paste "you don't need jquery" solution

jQuery still provides an objectively superior (more expressive, concise, and compatible) API for the dom. Yes, the cut an paste "you don't need jquery" solutions work 90% of the time. But jquery works 99.99% of the time and cover more of the gnarly edge cases that exist even on modern browsers.