The dotfiles and dotfolders directly in the home folder is "the way it was always done", and now some "new kids" came and want changes done to software which has existed before they were even born. People have muscle memory for those folders, some have hardcoded those paths in other scripts, others just don't care, and things stay as they always were.
On one hand, it's great to have all the stuff in the same place, on the other hand, we used to have this, before the ~/.config folder too.
Also, it's not just in one place anymore, but in many places -- so to completely remove a programX, it's not enough to just remove ~/.programX, but you need to remove a folder from ~/.config/, and another one from ~/.local/something, and another form ~/.cache,...
So yeah, i understand 'the old guys' too... maybe because i'm not 20-something anymore.
On one hand, it's great to have all the stuff in the same place, on the other hand, we used to have this, before the ~/.config folder too.
Also, it's not just in one place anymore, but in many places -- so to completely remove a programX, it's not enough to just remove ~/.programX, but you need to remove a folder from ~/.config/, and another one from ~/.local/something, and another form ~/.cache,...
So yeah, i understand 'the old guys' too... maybe because i'm not 20-something anymore.