I can understand why else is sometimes not needed. JS linters will remove unnecessary else statements by default.

https://eslint.org/docs/latest/rules/no-else-return#rule-det...

But never using it is crazy.

In a similar vein to how I just responded to the other person, maybe eventually we'll abstract `else` away so that it's use is hidden, and the abstraction ensures that it's only being used where we all collectively decide it can/should be used.