> You don't have to do any of this in a Vue / React app, and that reduction of complexity alone is worth the weight of those frameworks.

Well... I don't know what to say. What you call complexity is what I consider web development 101 really. And it is well worth the price: Better user experience, better performance, less code, better adherence to standards, easier app maintenance and more.

But what did I expect ? These days web developers resort to gigantic dependencies list for the most basic things.