Do you honestly think Make has no advantages over conventional scripting languages when it comes to building software? I suspect you know that it’s designed for that task and has been used for that task for several decades. Presumably you respect the community over those decades sufficiently to have a strong prior belief that there are good arguments for Make (as well as downsides), even if you can’t be bothered to research them.
I honestly think any advantages it has are significantly outweighed by all its disadvantages.
And no, I don't respect the community. The community very often makes "The Way Things Are Done" its personal religion and refuses to ever change anything for the better.
