React is perfectly hyped, the introduction and complete absorption of flux architecture proves this. It's changed how we even write vanilla javascript. Most of the lessons we're talking about right now about questioning whether we even need state management paradigms to such a degree would not have happened without React.
So if a problem exists about this scenario, it isn't about React, but how teams decide on tools. And unfortunately, most teams that aren't building their own solutions, go with the tool that has the largest "safest" community, not the one that accurately solves their issue.
That's not how I remember it. People were thinking a great deal about state management with Backbone, Angular.js, and Knockout.js. It intensified with React. I wonder what would have happened with Angular.js if not for React...
So if a problem exists about this scenario, it isn't about React, but how teams decide on tools. And unfortunately, most teams that aren't building their own solutions, go with the tool that has the largest "safest" community, not the one that accurately solves their issue.