I prefer working with just plain old setup functions, that are called once.

I find React and Vue to be different expressions of the same core concept in a way. Althoguh I do prefer the functional nature of React, reactive objects are a lot less boilerplate, even if it might be a bit slower. The composition api itself is actually I think where it shines, because the options API is very mediocre in my opinion.

Is it actually slower though? I feel like that’s Vue’s entire marketing strategy. “We’re just as fast and small as React but include way more out of the box and it’s easier to grok for new people”.