Is CI outdated ?

I have a web apps developed by using Codeigniter 3. I try to sell it to government. But, before doing that, I showed it to my friends. Here are the responses :

"CI ? LOL.. Why not using Laravel ?"
"CI Is outdated. Please use another framework before selling it"
"CI has no future."

and others negative responses.. Should I move to Laravel ? Or just using CI 3 ?

My main issue with using Laravel is that they keep making big changes to the framework, and I like a framework that I can easily update. I also like a framework that is super easy to extend, and Laravel is just not that way. I'm not going to say that I'm a PHP guru, but I do have experience with Laravel, and it's just harder to customize. In CodeIgniter, if you want to extend a  library or helper, it's super easy. Laravel is not like that.

Laravel has some "magic" stuff going on that I don't like, and I really hate ORM. Any website with real substance is going to quickly outgrow what ORM can provide. I really prefer SQL, and many times in CodeIgniter I'm just writing SQL. I don't need the Laravel magic.

I don't like being told that the Laravel way is the way. Like PSR, I just don't like it when people are trying to tell me how to code.

If you're the type of person that always wants to please your friends, then I suppose you are obligated to use Laravel. If the government mandates that you must use Laravel, then you are obligated to use Laravel. If you don't have enough experience to make this decision on your own, I think you're going to find CodeIgniter a lot easier to use. It gets the job done.

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