> React is a great framework for app dev. But not every site is an app. People detest Word because not every file is a document. Perhaps you are too old to re

> React is a great framework for app dev. But not every site is an app. People detest Word because not every file is a document. Perhaps you are too old to remember, some hopeless folk writing their code in a word document like it was a good thing... (it had macros and viruses even! What a fabulous program) > React is simple. Its not simple, though. Js is a bloated nuclear wasteland at this point, so it might not look half bad compared to the other mutated monstrosities lumbering about, but that's it. > manage lifecycle state As soon as you have to say that, you aren't in simple land anymore. You're in "I have 10 features and 100 states and OMG don't break production" state. The point about "dilution" is especially salient. Call it elitism, or whatever, the popular framework/language attracts the lowest common denominator - unpopular languages don't necessarily save you from this issue, but they make it more likely that someone took time and effort to care about being a good developer, not just an employed one.