[ahtihn]

Lombok is a compile-time dependency. Consumers of a library using lombok don't need to depend on lombok, so I don't see why it would matter?

[sgammon]

The symbols remain in the final library, necessitating either class exclusions within the scope of a JAR you don't control (which is a terrible idea) or the addition of a dependency which is irrelevant, inert, and has no place in your codebase.

It is embarrassing for a library to ship ABI-visible symbols from Lombok.