It may not be perfect for everyone, but in that case, no need to rage. You can just use any of the 38472647893242 different linters out there.

What I like about StandardJS is that I don't need yet another config file just for a linter. lintrc, babelrc, webpack.config.js, karma.config.js, etc, etc. Having one less thing for people to need to understand is a nice feature in and of itself IMO.

And I actually tended to disagree with some of the StandardJS choices before adopting it. After working with it for a few weeks, I realize it makes absolutely no difference. I just have a linter that works with no config.