It's a combination of pragmatism (not wanting to wade through slop, not wanting to shove out newbie developers) and politics (usual contemporary techie progressive stuff that's now oddly anti-technology).
> usual contemporary techie progressive stuff that's now oddly anti-technology
Just because a thing exists doesn’t mean you have to use it for everything. You don’t use asbestos blanket? Why are you so against asbestos?
I like your username.
> usual contemporary techie progressive stuff that's now oddly anti-technology
You can be against a particular technology without being "anti-technology".
See DRM/surveillance/bad self driving implementations.