From your complaint of deep comparisons in hooks, you should not be doing deep comparisons though which is the point of immutability in checking refs which is t

From your complaint of deep comparisons in hooks, you should not be doing deep comparisons though which is the point of immutability in checking refs which is the whole craze of redux but craze meaning warranted in this case. In plain classes with redux, you usually check against a simple property or ref change anyway.