And that's exactly it! Why do people adopt seemingly less mature technologies? If they never did, we'd never have new stuff, and startups would never win! But they do, and the question is, how does it happen?

The canonical story is described by Clay Christensen in the Innovator's Dilemma, where the new toy X is inferior to the mature Y along most dimensions. However, something changed in the world, and people are starting to value a dimension where the new toy X is 10x better than the mature Y along a single dimension. And that allows the new toy X to gain a foothold. I'm super curious as to how Godot managed it, even if it has been a long time in the making.

Of course, not all toys end up replacing the incumbent. But by dismissing everything as a toy, you're shutting off a line of inquiry to see how this process happens. If you're on HN, it's a good chance you're a programmer and by definition a creator. And if you're at all ever wanting to bring something new into the world, it'd behoove you to understand how new creations are accepted.