The OP was asking for an explanation why the preferences of the industry diverge from the preferences of this comment section. The question itself identifies two groups.

The top comment on this page said the frontend community seems like a jobs program. It's interesting that you are only criticizing the view you disagree with as being too divisive.

Because we also have hard data that users absolutely hate a blank or frozen screen and "CONFIRM FORM RESUBMISSION." Users are allowed to hate multiple things at the same time and it's up to the web developers to stack rank those.