Don't get me wrong, I love hooks because I know how to use them, but there's so many easy pitfalls with them, and I constantly have to pester people about them in code reviews, if so many people in my company (and wider) misuse them by accident, it makes me me doubt how well thought out they are.

I know some people have a thing for arcane programming (for a lack of better word), but in my opinion it just makes code harder to write, understand, and even statically analyse.

Not to mention, the official lining for hooks leaves a lot to be desired for, especially because some internal React return values are treated magically by the linter (useState, useReducer to name a few) when it comes to hook dependency management.