I've been working with React since 2014 and I've never had a good experience with an app that relied entirely on component state. To each their own, perhaps you

I've been working with React since 2014 and I've never had a good experience with an app that relied entirely on component state. To each their own, perhaps you've discovered something I haven't. For me, Redux works very well with how I think about control flow. That said, my brain has been ruined by a youth misspent in fp land, so my preferences should be taken with a liberal application of salt.