But also, all the other reasons written by the person you replied to

> But also, all the other reasons written by the person you replied to

Not really. JSON's mass adoption is tied to JavaScript's mass adoption, where sheer convenience and practicality dictates it's whole history most of the current state. Sending JavaScript fragments from the backend is a technique that didn't really stopped being used just because someone rolled out a JSON parser.

I think some people feel compelled to retroactively make this whole thing more refined and elegant because for some the ugly truth is hard to swallow.