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I think it's a combination of the network effect along with the "good enough" element. There is a point where a framework gains inertia regardless of whether or

I think it's a combination of the network effect along with the "good enough" element. There is a point where a framework gains inertia regardless of whether or not there are better offerings simply because it's what people are used to. Companies like solutions where there is an substantial pool of developers from which to choose. Etc... It might actually be popular because it's popular; that isn't necessarily a dishonest argument on it's own. But usually when something is popular because it's popular it's also technically competent to enough of a degree that it's good enough.

joshmanders 4y ago
Or... hear me out... None of the existing alternatives really have been good enough to completely rewrite their applications for. It's disingenuous to say that React got popular for no reason and now people just don't want to change. React-isms ooze all over everything that came after it. If it was just "meh, good enough" until something better came out, then why does Preact name itself after React and have a react-compat mode and base itself on JSX? If React was just "meh, good enough" then why does every other framework out there take inspiration from React and when React came out with something all these other frameworks came out with their implementation of that feature?