While everyone is free to fork and maintain React. It's by no means an easy task, specially if it's not their job like Dan's is.
Plus, industry tends to gravitate towards what is popular. Network effects an all. So if a massively popular tool is subpar, the complications of it aren't without impact.
And no one is immune to criticism. LLMs are criticised for their sycophancy but some humans are no different when it comes to gatekeeping criticism.
While everyone is free to fork and maintain React. It's by no means an easy task, specially if it's not their job like Dan's is.
Plus, industry tends to gravitate towards what is popular. Network effects an all. So if a massively popular tool is subpar, the complications of it aren't without impact.
And no one is immune to criticism. LLMs are criticised for their sycophancy but some humans are no different when it comes to gatekeeping criticism.