I've used WPF extensively 10 years ago. It's nowhere near as easy to create a complex GUI as Vue/HTML/CSS. And that just for functionality. If we talk about looks, WPF is very clunky to theme.
CSS had to get WPF grid design in order to not be a poor table sibling in what concerns layouts.
While WPF is backed by DirectX, CSS requires playing with Z order, so that some browsers might eventually put the rendering into the GPU, but one needs to take care because space is limited.
While I can render anything down to pixel level control, if I wish to do so, I am still waiting for Houdini and worlets to actually become available.
And the whole template language with events and theming for low level customisation of control behaviours? Nowhere to be seen.
CSS layout was indeed a struggle many years ago, but now with flexbox I never failed to put stuff exactly where I wanted, and I barely understand it. And the new shiny thing, CSS Grid, is supposedly even better at controlling layout.
With the same source code, my applications are natively compiled to:
Linux, Windows, MacOS, Android, iOS, QNX, Browser (WebAssembly / WebGL Streaming)
And you are free to theme it as you like, one example:
Any framework that comes with tooling support out of box is a plus for me.
Hence in what concerns Web, I care mostly about WebComponents, CMS middleware with page designers and SPA frameworks like Angular.
CRUD apps is a really big application space to cede, though, I totally think tooling is worth it.