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I've been building loads of stuff with it for years and never experienced any of this. Sounds like a YOU problem.

multiple other comments sharing my experience and expanding on it.

If its so crappy how's it so popular?

They spend a lot of money on marketing.

The core React documentation explicitly points you to nextjs and says "this is how you should build react apps."

I mean, that's good enough for me.