[the_third_wave]

There's another aspect to server components and server-side rendering in general: it makes sites less amenable to third-party front ends. The rise of client-side rendered "apps"/SPAs/etc. and the accompanying APIs made it much easier to develop third-party front ends since the data became available in easily-parsed JSON or XML. Server-side rendered sites need to be scraped, a process which is far less robust than API access. Given that many site owners are quite adverse to third-party front ends - just look at the Reddit kerfuffle for an example - this limitation may well be one of the intended features.