You can ignore all the phrasings of wars or battles or winning and losing, and you can also ignore that social media has consequences.

We can agree that frameworks are just tools. And as tools we can coldly think about trends and other meta-facts, including questions on popularity. We don't need to think about popularity in terms of winning or losing either, just numbers that move around so we can use them as predictors of mindshare and career opportunities.

And in that sense, the right tool that fits the job often includes an analysis on popularity, especially because the best tool is often one that you and your colleagues already know.