I think what makes it worse is that, although there was plenty of bad software 10 years ago, everyone was striving to make it better and could recognize what th

I think what makes it worse is that, although there was plenty of bad software 10 years ago, everyone was striving to make it better and could recognize what that meant. Also, most companies were using quality tools and they weren't all using the same silver bullet tools. Although a lot of people at the time in the web space were complaining about there being too many different frameworks, this was actually a good thing because each company used the framework that made the most sense of them. For example, there was a framework called SpoutCore which provided a lot of ready-made components. It would probably not have been suitable for making websites since all the components looked and behaved a certain rigid way but it would have been ideal to build (at the time) an internal dashboard or admin app, for example. Most companies carefully researched and considered what frameworks to use on both the front end and back end. Popularity was just one criterion and it was often the least important one. Nowadays, popularity feels like the only factor being considered when choosing a framework or tool. Companies won't even acknowledge that there are nuances in their projects which might warrant considering different tools. Everything is treated as a silver bullet. One size fits many. Feels like communist-era nonsense where there is only one thing of each kind and big tech has taken the role of the state to decide which one is the correct one.