I can see both sides. I teach React to newish coders, and classes are easy for them to grasp...and then immediately create labyrinthine monoliths.
To be fair, that's pretty much what happens to all newish coders who are learning classes. Learning to use classes responsibly is really just part of the learning, though that seems to be the part that instructors pawn off to the next guy.
Once you learn how to use them judiciously, classes become extremely useful tools for encapsulation/abstraction where you need encapsulation/abstraction.
To be fair, that's pretty much what happens to all newish coders who are learning classes. Learning to use classes responsibly is really just part of the learning, though that seems to be the part that instructors pawn off to the next guy.
Once you learn how to use them judiciously, classes become extremely useful tools for encapsulation/abstraction where you need encapsulation/abstraction.