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It's important to use form elements for accessibility even if your submitting another way. Also at least for me its a lot better to use the built in form validation then creating your own.

https://dev.to/addyosmani/accessibility-tips-for-web-develop...

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Your link doesn't support your statement, or even attempt to. Screen readers have no concept of <form> elements, nor do they differentiate on what happens behind the curtain when a button is pressed (e.g. aJax Vs. submit).

If you have an article that does explain your argument, please link it.

> Also at least for me its a lot better to use the built in form validation then creating your own.

This change removes that very validation.

>This change removes that very validation.

How? The form can't be submitted until it's fixed.

>The form cannot be submitted until the user fixes the error [...]. The user will typically see a red border around the text field along with a validation message [...]

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