I’d say your use case isn’t really all that applicable to how React is normally used. Zero interactive elements and doesn’t require JS... that really isn’t typical for a React deployment.

> I really disagree with the narrative that anything written with React is going to have a much worse user experience compared to the "old" stack.

Why only compare to the old stack? When you’re evaluating a brand new solution would should be looking for the best one, not any solution that improves your current situation.