Comment by markbao

People will just use the best tool for the job, putting aside some time it takes for practices to propagate.

Native date pickers suck, are ugly, and have no customizability, and look inconsistent between user agents. They don’t even really conform to the OS either (other than iOS). Everyone uses JS. Chrome’s native date picker shipped with a monospaced input font, for crying out loud.

Position sticky is amazing and the behavior is better than what JS can give you. A lot of people use it. Not much UI to make consistent between user agents.

Make the platform actually good and consistent and people will use it. Native APIs are always the better choice if they accomplish your need.