The argument is valid and doesn't need over analyzing.

Using react for simple simple things makes it not simple.

> The argument is valid and doesn't need over analyzing.

No, it isn't. A big part in your failure to understand the problem is your refusal to look at what you're doing, which you try to dismiss as "over analyzing". As if reaching the conclusion that a simplistic proposal brings unacceptable tradeoffs means you are looking where you shouldn't.

> Using react for simple simple things makes it not simple.

Did you actually took any time to think through that assertion? I don't think so. For starters, you didn't even stopped to think why React is used at all. Why was that?