That's 100% true, but J.K. Simmons is also not dead. I'm sure Sony could hand him a pile of money to come back and do J.J. Or just find an old man who can yell and talk fast. What kind of fucked up world is this where Spiderman is loved by literally everyone? Is the joke that Spiderman is the antagonist? He's supposed to be a loser but he's always on top all the time. That'd be like a movie where Batman still has living parents, or worse, a Superman movie where a rogue general from his home planet has a fucking 20 minute long fight scene for LITERALLY NO REASON AND IT WAS TERRIBLE, AND NOW THEY'RE GOING TO RUIN THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING THIS ZACH?
Maybe they didn't wanna associate with Sam Raimi's universe at all? Not a good enough excuse, though. Talent's talent. Peter Parker was just your average - intelligent, athletic, likable, well-dressed teenage LOSER.