This sort of cavalier attitude where 1000 dependencies are yawn-inducing in their commonality is why I feel vindicated in never having wasted my time with this kind of ecosystem. Eventually the house of cards will come down. Let's all pray that it happens sooner rather than later.
When WebAssembly gets direct DOM access we'll finally have options and we'll no longer have to tolerate JavaScript. I expect the JS community will settle down and get somewhat saner after that, too.
I suspect that over time there will be more pushback against dependencies, as I've seen in other communities, viewing dependencies as liabilities carefully chosen.
