It's a general trend in programming that we've seen forever. Once a successful monolith/monopoly is established and once it becomes all-encompassing (and maybe

It's a general trend in programming that we've seen forever. Once a successful monolith/monopoly is established and once it becomes all-encompassing (and maybe too far-reaching), people tend to want to be able to cherry-pick the different bits without having to rely on the whole. It's not a mark of disrespect to the fantastic work of the people who created jQuery in the first place, but merely a sign that jQuery is not godly anymore, people want to appropriate it and make it their own, have it cater to their needs and use cases. I think that's a good thing.