Personally, I don't think it's "crappy". From a technical point of view, there's not THAT much more that digital connections provide that VGA doesn't. Just higher resolutions, higher resistance to interference, and combined audio stream, but that's about it. VGA is cheap to implement, the resolution is good enough (for example, the vast majority of gamers and laptops are still running at 1080p), ubiquitous and just works. You don't have to worry about HDCP handshaking, fragile connectors, or cables or ports not matching the display's protocol revision in order to maximize resolution or framerate. It's simple: if you have a VGA cable and a VGA graphics card, it will work with any VGA display at its maximum performance. It's not like other things like USB 3, LTE, or Gigabit Ethernet where the benefits over older formats are very clear and worthwhile.
It's like analog 3.5" audio. Yeah, it's clunky and old as the hills, but it's still in use despite its age because it's good enough for 80% of use cases, compatibility is universal, and it's well-engineered from the start.
Yeah, I actually like VGA. I only said it's maybe a crappy standard because other people I know give VGA a big "meh" and want DisplayPort for everything. VGA has been a great "get it done" connector for me, in large part because it's so universal.
