That's understandable. Though I actually can see some logic in it. It's got to be way easier to hire Angular developers than it is to hire someone who wants to eek out the maximum performance with this lightest-weight approach (and do it in a maintainable/understandable way).

I'll never say Vue/React/Angular are "light" and I'll fully admit we give up some performance for DX (and UX) but it's a tradeoff I think is worth it (I understand if you don't agree).

In the same vein, I know cross-platform frameworks like Ionic/Quasar are nowhere near as good as native apps. That said the skill set you need (and dedication to actually embracing the platform idiosyncrasies) to make _good_ native apps is not cheap or easy. Cross-platform apps might not fit in as well and might be heavier but they allow fewer people to do more with less. Heck, I have a side-business that relies _heavily_ on apps and it would not exist if I couldn't write them in HTML/JS/CSS as much as that makes some people's stomachs turn.