In that context, I agree. If your app doesn't need to be crawled or otherwise scraped, worrying about server-side rendering is just going to hold you back. But

In that context, I agree. If your app doesn't need to be crawled or otherwise scraped, worrying about server-side rendering is just going to hold you back. But there are public websites with a high degree of interactivity (such as social networks, or ecommerce sites) for which SEO is a huge concern.