I couldn't disagree more strongly. Sure, make is a fine (if quirky) tool, but I would hate to live in a world where that was the only build tool available. There's good reasons people choose not to use it.

Fact is, people want different things from their tools. Each of the ones you mentioned has its own strengths and weaknesses. They tend to be better than their predecessors in some way, for some specific need. And this is how progress is made... via a thriving marketplace of [ build tools, languages, frameworks, libraries ]. I wouldn't have it any other way.