I've been using Expo for past 2 years and I enjoyed the experience overall.
But make no mistakes that Expo is a SaaS with the ability to inspect some part of the codebase.
(I stand corrected here) ~Everything important for building and distribution process is moving to EAS, cloud-based service that is not open-source and cannot be self-hosted. So if want to build your app using your own VPS, you are out of luck (at least for Expo managed workflow).~
Again I'm happy with their service and probably would pay for it when the time comes, but the open-source part is not really the big selling point anymore.
But make no mistakes that Expo is a SaaS with the ability to inspect some part of the codebase.
(I stand corrected here) ~Everything important for building and distribution process is moving to EAS, cloud-based service that is not open-source and cannot be self-hosted. So if want to build your app using your own VPS, you are out of luck (at least for Expo managed workflow).~
Again I'm happy with their service and probably would pay for it when the time comes, but the open-source part is not really the big selling point anymore.