> Can you imagine what would happen if people were hesitant to use Git works because a merge could break something? Lol.

Version control was always something that was adopted more by process-heavy organizations until the popularization of GitHub. Before that, it was common for the move-fast type of developers to eschew version control.

Earlier in my career, people didn't bother with the chore of using version control unless they were working on an important project that demanded it.