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> then we wouldn't have had 5+ years of people mistaking them for a React competitor.

The browser people literally promoted them as a React alternative. Then their goals and role changed every year, and now they are again promoted as an alternative



Yeah what a waste of collective brainspace that was eh. If they had promoted them as "custom elements are the best way to distribute components!" then I bet they'd have been much more widely embraced by now, by merit of not overselling them.




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