This metaphor is so stupidly bad it's hard to believe you guys even know what React is.

I'm not a dev and actually don't know what React is. I don't care for this metaphor.

As a user, however, I find that the Start menu has become more sluggish than it used to be, and that's pretty annoying. What about that?

Thank you, your comment sure helps to improve our understanding of React a lot.

My bad. I didn't realize it was my job to educate people who talk about things they don't know anything about.

lol what a weird response.

Thanks for adding nothing at all to the conversation.

I recently began developing an app for Xbox Series X/S. The only framework that will work is UWP. When you look at the UWP docs, this is at the top of the page highlighted "If you are starting to develop Windows apps, we recommend you consider using the Windows App SDK, and WinUI rather than UWP. Although still supported, UWP is not under active development. Please see Start developing Windows apps for more information."

So no, React is a (poor) solution, not the problem. The problem is Windows can't nail down a solid SDK for it's platforms.

Or instead of React you can use native WinUI. So using React is just lazy bloatware introduction