React just passes the gotchas to you in architecture - if you make a mistake, it increases the likelihood of the pain down the road. It also is more complex in

React just passes the gotchas to you in architecture - if you make a mistake, it increases the likelihood of the pain down the road. It also is more complex in required build tooling. That is not to say that it is a good or bad thing - each person's/company's needs are different. I use both React and Angular - I am a lot more performant developing with Angular due to exposure to it the past 2 1/2 years, but I like both libraries.