If you know C++&#x2F;Perl&#x2F;PHP but don&#x27;t know ES6, websockets, Node, etc, would you not say that your opinion about the web being a bad environment for rich applications might be in some way colored by your personal economic interests?<p>A common defensive mechanism among people with outdated skills is to try to delegitimize new frameworks and technologies in the hopes of convincing the broader community not to use things they don&#x27;t know.<p>I&#x27;m inferring this from your arguments being driven by analogies and insinuations rather than concrete critique. It&#x27;s not my intention to attack you personally, but an aggressively dismissive attitude towards unfamiliar concepts should be properly contextualized.<p>As for React, isn&#x27;t it more likely that you don&#x27;t know React very well, have never looked at its internals, and in general don&#x27;t feel like you have the time or ability to learn much about modern web development?<p>If you build a few projects with React and still dislike it, good! Your critiques will be a lot more valid and useful at that point, whereas right now...yeah.