This is like saying apples are better than oranges. One is a document markup language. The other is a data notation. YAML is better understood as a family of

This is like saying apples are better than oranges. One is a document markup language. The other is a data notation. YAML is better understood as a family of notations at this point. For every gripe about the standard YAML implementation, there is a "safe" implementation that does not have that problem. You don't have the throw the readability baby out with the footgun bathwater.