> This sentiment sounds correct in theory, but it isn't based on any experience from any one of the people making such a claim.
Do you really think that there isn't a single person who claims that frameworks are good who has never written an application without one?
Well, now you know me. I've tried writing a website without React, and I ended up writing a buggy half-implementation of React. (In my defense, I didn't really know of React at the time.) You only really have to do that sort of thing once before you learn that frameworks have some advantages.
Your comment appears to reaffirm the consequent. Your comment suggests you tried to not use a framework once, but failed only to write a bad framework, which suggests you are incapable of writing code without frameworks. Is there something more to draw from this?
Do you really think that there isn't a single person who claims that frameworks are good who has never written an application without one?
Well, now you know me. I've tried writing a website without React, and I ended up writing a buggy half-implementation of React. (In my defense, I didn't really know of React at the time.) You only really have to do that sort of thing once before you learn that frameworks have some advantages.