React's blogs show great care for backwards compatibility. Just look how long they've taken to get rid of string refs https://reactjs.org/blog/2015/02/24/strea

React's blogs show great care for backwards compatibility. Just look how long they've taken to get rid of string refs https://reactjs.org/blog/2015/02/24/streamlining-react-elements.html https://reactjs.org/blog/2015/02/24/streamlining-react-eleme...