Angular is mostly a declarative UI. I don't usually put logic in my templates. I do, however, like how react leans towards using language features instead of ab

Angular is mostly a declarative UI. I don't usually put logic in my templates. I do, however, like how react leans towards using language features instead of abstractions. Angular does one way data flow. It also allows for two way binding. The choice is the developer's. So your argument boils down to using language feature over the template DSL. I think it's more important to consider state management, code reuse, and inter component communication (perhaps also a part of state management if using something like Redux).