Let me clear up your confusion.
I did not say they wouldn’t used react in the 90s (obviously). Anybody familiar with terminal uis (a technology which did exist) and perhaps any other ui system would not have chosen this design.
And no it’s not just me as evidenced by the many confused comments any time this is brought up.
I'm not saying confusion isn't warranted. I was just commenting about how the "to a man with a hammer" idiom has now come to mean "I don't agree with your tech choices".