--- title: "Higher order components aren't over yet" publication: "React Status" issue: 325 published_at: "2023-02-08" canonical_url: "https://react.statuscode.com/issues/325" --- Plus a history of React criticism, and using a giraffe as a scrollbar, | #​325 — February 8, 2023 [Read on the Web](https://react.statuscode.com/issues/325) Together with [![logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_320,h_100/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:4/kishpd4z3cddmgekpc7p.png)](https://kontent.ai/developers/?utm_source=reactstatus&utm_medium=cooperpress_newsletter&utm_campaign=q3_newsletter_cooperpress) React Status [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/rfuzvgwubitf2sxlex50.jpg)](https://www.zachleat.com/web/react-criticism/) [A Historical Reference of React Criticism](https://www.zachleat.com/web/react-criticism/) — An intriguing stroll down memory lane at some of the criticisms levelled against React over the years (from 2014 on) from bundle sizes and being too client-side oriented to licensing problems and Facebook’s involvement. 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