jQuery was great in its time and still has some places where it can be a good tool for the job, but it isn't used less now because people like writing the longe

jQuery was great in its time and still has some places where it can be a good tool for the job, but it isn't used less now because people like writing the longer form of Javascript; it's used less now because for many projects people are using frontend frameworks that let you operate at a higher level altogether.