Although, I do think that Vue handles the webpack config in a great way. I've been using vue-cli to manage my webpack config for years now, and never had a minor upgrade of any dependency break the build. It also provides a nice way to hook into the webpack config, so you can still add your own plugins and loaders without having to opt out of it managing it for you.
This just hides all the complexity behind a yet another layer of abstractions.
The moment something breaks due to a minor upgrade, you're screwed.