Yeah, I think that prior to the public release of the Context api (16.3) and Hooks (16.6), one could more easily make the argument that "it's just a display lib

Yeah, I think that prior to the public release of the Context api (16.3) and Hooks (16.6), one could more easily make the argument that "it's just a display library." Providing convenient mechanisms for managing high-level/application state moves them squarely into the framework category, imo.