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Yes that's exactly what it means, React has 630 dependencies so 630ish separate libraries and components. You might even stop updating a component since the new versions change the interface and end up breaking sections of your codebase.

The idea is that because it's all open sourced, all the vulnerabilities will be found and patched. But more often than not you just end up missing the small notification from the maintainers telling you to update.



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