Funny, I had the opposite impression. Vue outsourcing a lot of custom non-HTML compliant properties into the DOM code made me think it would be a harder job to get rid of it if I decided to switch. React's state updating does look a bit more circular, but at least it stays within the file.

I agree, the Vue snippets look cleaner and simpler.

Even if it's not 100% vannila HTML or Javascript, its still worth the effort due to the simplicity and clarity of the syntax.