Then you have to install the new version of bash on every system you depend on json parsing, negating the argument that bash is installed everywhere.
If bash was ever actually going to get json parsing in reality, it should have done that two decades ago like all the other scripting languages, since JSON is 23 years old. So don't hold your breath.
If bash was ever actually going to get json parsing in reality, it should have done that two decades ago like all the other scripting languages, since JSON is 23 years old. So don't hold your breath.