Actually, a 2023 Stack Overflow survey showed that over 63% of developers had encountered CORS errors in the past year. That's massive. And here's the thing - most of those errors weren't about understanding the security model. They were about misconfigured servers or bad headers.
Look, CORS isn't some impossible puzzle. It's a simple yes/no system. The server says "I trust this origin" or "I don't." That's it. The real struggle comes from poor documentation and lazy backend setups. Developers aren't battling CORS logic - they're battling servers that don't send the right headers.
I get that it can be annoying when it blocks your request. But annoying isn't the same as a struggle to understand. Most devs get the concept in 10 minutes. The frustration is real, sure, but the actual understanding? Not that hard.
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