If you’ve never used it don’t declare it dead. Angular is updated regularly every 6 months. While react is busy thinking how to create more SSR apis, the angular team keeps improving developer experience.
IMO right now it’s easier to start an angular project with much less foot guns than react.
I call plenty of things dead without ever having used them. FORTRAN for example.
What I mean by dead is it's a VERY unlikely choice for any new app. People will choose React or Vue most of the time. You don't see Angular used hardly ever for a new project.
BTW: Vite is the new best way to manage the build pipeline, and makes React super easy to start using.
As I already pointed out, my use of "dead" doesn't mean "no longer in use". It means no longer being selected by choice for a new project.
And your drill press example is agreeing with me, which is that, as I also already said myself, no one needs to have ever used something to be able to declare it dead, nor did I declare something dead because I don't personally use it. That's absurd.
IMO right now it’s easier to start an angular project with much less foot guns than react.