Ah, the author has found the infamous (in my opinion, much much worse than average) state of React Native packages and libraries. For some reason it seems especially React Native packages have a horrible bug rate, low maintenance frequency, and worse... (as an example of what I've seen more than once now, critical bugs are introduced in between minor version changes!) Perhaps it's the ecosystem itself (needing to have native code AND javascript code for BOTH iOS and Android), or the pace of React Native changes itself, but I'm not sure.

Anyway, wholeheartedly agree with the author that one should audit and research packages very carefully before deciding to add them to your codebase. And in React Native, small, "do one thing and do it right" packages would be an unbelievable breath of fresh air.