I know it's a rant, but it makes no sense. The web is complex, but for 90% of the web I can still manipulate the DOM - even in apps which use frameworks like Re

I know it's a rant, but it makes no sense. The web is complex, but for 90% of the web I can still manipulate the DOM - even in apps which use frameworks like React. The ability to manipulate the DOM makes the internet so much more pleasant than otherwise - a world without ad blockers would be quite bad. Rendering on to a surface would be bad for everyone. Tbh, I think the web is doing great. I am among those (perhaps a minority) who think that web apps should occupy space which is currently held by native apps; even at the cost of complexity and new APIs.