Comment by alexey2020

>Seems like it could create a lot more code with less re-usage, since every widget has to manage this themselves.

It might create a bit more code in components, agree. I think this is a fair price for the all benefits it brings.

That said, the total amount of code might be even less (no action-creators, reducers, etc.).

Also declarative nature of the libraries makes the added code very easy to follow.