I thought that quote of yours was a sarcastic overview you yourself had written but no, it's an actual quote from the article!

> Like every other framework, we've come to the realisation that Knockout was right all along.

> Svelte 5's reactivity is powered by signals, which are essentially what Knockout was doing in 2010. More recently, signals have been popularised by Solid and adopted by a multitude of other frameworks.

> We're doing things a bit differently though. In Svelte 5, signals are an under-the-hood implementation detail rather than something you interact with directly.

That's a sad development and further makes the framework more complect (as defined by Rich Hickey), with more hidden layers and "magic".