[flohofwoe]

It's still baffling, since the core idea of React only makes sense as a workaround for limitations of the browser DOM. Wrapping much more flexible 'native' widget frameworks with a React layer is pure cargo culting (same with SwiftUI).

[mft_]

It tried to solve cross-platform development. That’s a legitimate issue.

In retrospect, calling it React probably caused more problems than it brought benefits, and makes little sense - like Java vs JavaScript.

[myvoiceismypass]

But React Native looks like plain React. Syntax the same in both cases. Java and Javascript are wholly different languages.