Actually, the main reason why jQuery is being phased out is probably rather that we are adopting and maturing other approaches than direct DOM manipulations, namely MVC/MVP frameworks like angular, react and vue, to have readily reusable components.
Mechanical engineer who dabbles with Vanilla Javscript and web development as a hobbby. I don't use any libraries or frameworks as they take the fun out creating your own solutions.
Actually, the main reason why jQuery is being phased out is probably rather that we are adopting and maturing other approaches than direct DOM manipulations, namely MVC/MVP frameworks like angular, react and vue, to have readily reusable components.
You make a good point.