Not sure you read the submission, but the move away from jQuery was not to move ...

capableweb on May 19, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Gov.uk drops jQuery from their front end

Not sure you read the submission, but the move away from jQuery was not to move to anything "virtual DOM"/React/similar but rather that the functions provided by jQuery now have vanilla/"native" alternatives.

SemanticStrengh on May 19, 2022 [–]

/username checks out :)