I started using Vue in 2015. I still maintain a couple of project with it but it's not my default choice anymore. It's a bit lighter than React but if you care

I started using Vue in 2015. I still maintain a couple of project with it but it's not my default choice anymore. It's a bit lighter than React but if you care about weight, Preact, Svelte, Mithril, Solid, Inferno, and others would be a better choice. It's not more flexible than React. Quite contrary. At least for Vue 2 (I haven't used the composition API of Vue 3). Having used both for some years, I find Vue to be more intrusive than React. In some aspects Vue is more pragmatic but OTOH it's quite inelegant. I recommend Vue to people getting started with modern front end, specially because you can use it without a build setup and just the JS basics. It's great for backend devs, or designers that only know HTML and a bit of JS. I don't really see the point for experienced JS devs.