> Angular would have been a better choice in this case because of similar design patterns.

Well sure maybe superficially. There’s classes and then… that’s it. I don’t really see any other part of Angular that would help a (somewhat) experienced (pure) .NET developer in any way. There’s no batteries-included state management either.

Technology switches are hard. I don’t think the problem is with .NET specifically but with developers that stopped longing. Longing for new technologies, new algorithms, …