[acdha]

You don't need 32kb of code to use Fetch with error handling — especially since modern JS is not only faster but more concise than the style you would have written with jQuery in its heyday. I've gotten tons of use out of jQuery but it's been 15 years and browsers have gotten a lot better.

[robin_reala]

Especially when you’re writing progressively enhanced JS and the site falls back to something sane if it’s not supported.