Bravo, I agree with all your points. React frameworks are mostly hype in order to justify using a particular PaaS. They’ve hired all the influencers and using

Bravo, I agree with all your points. React frameworks are mostly hype in order to justify using a particular PaaS. They’ve hired all the influencers and using it to their advantage. There definitely are good reasons to use SSR and these frameworks, but a fully interactive web app that acts like a desktop app isn’t one of them. All of that to say I have no issues with it and react is still awesome. It’s a view _library_ and works great for its relatively restrained API. Most of the new features are opt-in and I don’t really touch them (besides hooks).