I think we would do well to apply the principle of charity here instead of having an (frankly boring) argument about semantics. Surely the author does not plan

I think we would do well to apply the principle of charity here instead of having an (frankly boring) argument about semantics. Surely the author does not plan to use React forever and just meant that it's the best way to write web apps right now (which is a defensible opinion). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_charity