I have to step in here to say that, at least documentation wise, this is revisionist history.
The original react documentation is fine, but focused almost entirely on class components. What was there on hooks was either outdated or outright harmful.
It's not until 2023, 4 years after react hooks launched, that the new react docs which focused on them were released.
Yes, the original documentation is what I’m talking about. That documentation was not outdated when it was written. It was excellent compared to the standard at the time. The react doc site raised the bar for what we expect from web framework documentation.
Hooks came much later, long after react was already popular.