I feel like this speaks volumes about JavaScript. The need to have all these libraries to do relatively ordinary tasks which ought to be easy enough with a good standard library.
The small JS and node standard libraries and extensive NPM module universe are both a strength and a weakness. It means developers can do things in JS that they can't in other languages and vice versa.
I guess its a matter of preference and right tool for the job. When I started with JS, I was excited by the number of modules and ease of use. I feel like I've grown tired of that and would rather have a decent standard library so I can focus on coding rather than finding the right module and managing my package.json/yarn/npn/webpack.
I'd never prefer one 'true' way (aka opinionated bs) to organic ecosystem competition.