Although this is true, you don't really need any library. The problem comes when you start to need that library. You make a decision to not use it at the start of the project and then the dependency of lower level JS functions grow and it turns out you do need it. What do you do then? Go and get a copy of jQuery and start to rewrite all your functions?
Hindsight is the problem here, I'd rather make the decision to use the (relatively) low sized jQuery library and not have to worry about how the project grows.
As the old saying goes, "It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it".
Although this is true, you don't really need any library. The problem comes when you start to need that library. You make a decision to not use it at the start of the project and then the dependency of lower level JS functions grow and it turns out you do need it. What do you do then? Go and get a copy of jQuery and start to rewrite all your functions?
Hindsight is the problem here, I'd rather make the decision to use the (relatively) low sized jQuery library and not have to worry about how the project grows.
As the old saying goes, "It's better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it".