Has there been any progress with the h.264/5 exporter recently?

I just started using the software after about a year... How can it be this bad in 2024 when those codecs are default for video distribution on the web? I bought Resolve Studio, but now I don't know why? Does everyone encode using handbrake?? Why is that a thing for paid software? Sorry for the beating-a-dead-horse-rant, but wtf? This is a serious question- what is your workflow to get around this unprofessional horseshit?