Hmm, shared state in and of itself can certainly cause difficulties (hence the recent focus on immutability and FRP), so I agree with what you are saying. Howe

Hmm, shared state in and of itself can certainly cause difficulties (hence the recent focus on immutability and FRP), so I agree with what you are saying. However, if you are going to have shared state, I find the Angular service singleton approach as good a way to handle it as any.