Submodules aren't bad. But in a world where I have to explain that running revert on the 250 megs of jar files someone comitted isn't a fix, and where people often just delete and re-clone entire repos because they don't know what's going on, they incur a heavy support burden on the few people that know how to use them.
You know, the people that already carry everyone else through their job.
I feel your pain. I don't expect everyone to be an expert on everything but given how important version control is in this profession, the lack of understanding (or desire to understand!) it's fundamentals by many in our industry is downright sad.
You know, the people that already carry everyone else through their job.