That has to do with people used to frameworks and coming to React expecting that. I personally had the same issue. If you are used to framework based developme

That has to do with people used to frameworks and coming to React expecting that. I personally had the same issue. If you are used to framework based development (Angular, Vue, Backbone, etc) you are not used to making decisions for yourself and to chose when to use what. Don't get me wrong, opinionated frameworks are good and fill a gap. But you have to know that when you are developing using libraries you make those decisions yourself and thus you have to think a bit more when you chose something and why. Redux is just one way to handle state in React apps. Might be the most used one but by any means it is the only one or the silver bullet.