[theturtletalks]

Their grip is not with React per se, it's with the pressure to use new, updated features. Hooks was like this when they were introduced. People were so used to using lifecycle functions and then hooks became the "official" way. Users could still use classes and lifecycle functions, but since it was not the new "preferred" way, devs had the pressure to update old perfectly working code.

We're seeing the same with RSC. Many Next.js users are updating their apps to use the new App Router, but I've seen many just stick to the Pages Router since it just fucking works for their app and RSC has improvements, but none they care about.

[Waterluvian]

I've got applications that are years behind in React. I actually felt the opposite was true: I could upgrade React without having to change my code at all. And even more awesome: I could gradually use new features without touching any existing code.

I wonder if some of it is a perception issue: Everyone, including the instruction manuals, Stack Overflow, and search results, are talking less and less about the way I do things, and more about these new ways.