> It's far too tightly coupled to the DOM and was therefore destined to have problems as HTML and browsers evolve. Maybe in the sense that the APIs will have t

> It's far too tightly coupled to the DOM and was therefore destined to have problems as HTML and browsers evolve. Maybe in the sense that the APIs will have to change as browsers evolve. But isn't there also some benefit from staying tightly coupled with the DOM? I know that React claims the fact that they are loosely coupled with the DOM is a benefit, but I'm not sure I really understand how this is inherently an advantage.