afaik, once an app gets big enough, using a virtual dom actually produces a smaller build than using Svelte's compilation model, and it also places fewer restraints on the ways you can structure your code.

Svelte's model isn't strictly better; like almost everything in programming, it just has it's own set of tradeoffs.

Relevant tweet thread: https://mobile.twitter.com/dan_abramov/status/11354244236689...