I'm with you. I much prefer class components. So much easier to understand and work with. I disliked hooks after first trying them on their release, and I hate

I'm with you. I much prefer class components. So much easier to understand and work with. I disliked hooks after first trying them on their release, and I hate them now. I'm still bitter that a senior engineer didn't step in and prevent them from destroying the react ecosystem. I wonder if they were have been squashed if React was developed outside Facebook?