Honestly, I think it's controversial because a lot of frontend developers lack critical thinking. There isn't a nuanced technical assessment, they just go "Oh R

Honestly, I think it's controversial because a lot of frontend developers lack critical thinking. There isn't a nuanced technical assessment, they just go "Oh React is the industry standard let's use that", with no regard for whether or not it fits their use case. I also see this a lot within the React community with things like Hooks, you have Dan Abramov giving one presentation and a lot of the immediate reaction is "this is a panacea, the future of web development, it's perfect".