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This argument has been applied to virtually every framework or library at some point; the points and counterpoints rarely change and the result is inevitably to use right tool for your type AND scale of problem.

FWIW React's purpose is the opposite of what you said; it aims to make complex UI tasks simple by allowing you to compartmentalize your UI into isolated components.

If your UI isn't that complex or your application has very little state to manage then I could see how React would be overkill.