There really isn't any need to conflate React with Next. React has its issues — notably more after exposing its internals in hooks —, but Next should be seen as

There really isn't any need to conflate React with Next. React has its issues — notably more after exposing its internals in hooks —, but Next should be seen as something on its own. I don't mind picking up a contract for maintaining React code, but never again am I touching anything built by Vercel; unless I specifically crave the “automagically different every release” quicksand masochism of their tools. I'm sorry to the people working on, say, Next; these are qualified and talented individuals. But the DX over time, gods… React is still a reasonable view library, although not a top choice at all (for me). Insisting on using it for SSR via Next is self-inflicted pain down the road.