jalefkowit , [ ten years ago ]
ME: Why do I need to use a module bundler?
JAVASCRIPT WORLD: Because we've invented too many ways to make modules, and there's no consistent way to interact with all of them, so you need a module bundler to abstract all that complexity away.
ME (sighing): OK, fine.
[ today ]
ME: Hey, it looks like everybody's finally standardized on ECMAScript modules. Does that mean I can finally stop using a module bundler and just work with modules directly?
JAVASCRIPT WORLD: Lol no