All these CSS upgrades have been meant to reduce the need for Javascript for all the things web devs do out there in the real world. It's a good thing.

You should tune out more of the ambient cynicism because it's ignorant and unhinged. People who don't follow any standards discussions, don't talk to web devs, don't read anything except headlines and who are only imitating the attitudes of whatever cynical, depressed social media bubble they fell into.