I'd say the bigger problem with vanilla JS or any other imperative UI framework is exactly that, the imperative nature of these tools. React introduced the fron

I'd say the bigger problem with vanilla JS or any other imperative UI framework is exactly that, the imperative nature of these tools. React introduced the frontend world to a declarative approach for keeping the DOM in sync with your state. Until we have something similar in the native API, React and co. will continue to exist.