Proceeds to download 30kb (compressed) swiss army knife of a library when just a toothpick would do.
jQuery is about as much of a gateway to ES6 as pot is to heroin. Devs who still use jQuery have had 10+ years to learn `document/element.querySelectorAll()`. Longer for event listeners.
> Devs who still use jQuery have had 10+ years to learn
Or possibly we learned it in 9 years 11 months ago and still think jQuery was a more elegant solution.
I agree that 30kb can be big, especially since it's JS that needs to be executed, but on the other hand if the toothpick means you save a minute, you can use it to optimize an image and end up with a lighter and faster website.