Yeah they're still used. When approaching a new problem I reach for linear methods first if it seems like they could work. DNNs are amazing, but can be very heavy handed and use significantly more resources, which isn't desirable unless needed or one is working with a complex problem.

I've even used DNNs when I couldn't make SVMs work, but someone more experienced came along and showed me a kernel method that for the trick with an SVM.

In short, it's a great tool if it works.