[gedy]

This 100%. Web components get praised for this isolation - and it’s like the exact thing I do not want if I’m building an application. Like try to have a global CSS theme, or use bootstrap, etc. (Please don’t suggest I embed a link to global CSS in every component.)

Like I get it if you’re sharing a component on different sites, like an embedded component or ad banner, etc. But it just gets in the way if you’re trying to do normal things that the majority of web apps need.

[HumanOstrich]

There are ways to apply global styles to your components other than importing a global sheet. There's just not a standard way defined in the spec. Isolation by default is the correct path for them to take compared to the alternatives. That doesn't make it useless just because you don't know how to do it in a good way.

See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_compone...

[gedy]

My main point is that gets in the way, unlike most other web frameworks when building normal applications. It's a headwind that always comes up and hurts adoption imho.