> What do you think web components are if not a way for people to dump a bunch of Javascript onto a page (and dozens of Javascript-only specs to accompany them)

> What do you think web components are if not a way for people to dump a bunch of Javascript onto a page (and dozens of Javascript-only specs to accompany them)? You can get most of what you need onto a web page with HTML. Some components need to be interactive. For that, you need JavaScript. The question is, do you: 1. Keep the rest of the HTML in place, and add JavaScript to that HTML for the interactivity you need (the web components approach) Or, 2. Re-write the entire web page as a JavaScript “app”, including the parts that are just fine as static HTML, for the “convenience” of the pieces that need interactivity (the React approach) Both involve “dumping JavaScript onto a page,” sure, but they are totally different approaches. For a decade, the entire industry picked “2”, and now the internet is a bloated disaster.