https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...
As far as I can tell, Javascript the runtime is a juggernaut that there's no stopping. If a platform gets popular tooling fixes itself.
But on HN that is a sure way to be downvoted.
I hope that pure mobile development doesn't win, because the mobile app ecosystems are way more controlled than desktops/servers, and if everything went Android/iOS, it would be a major loss for freedom.
But you are right that if a platform is popular enough, it will usually attract people that will do this work.