I never understood the appeal of React Router, the simplest library to get rewritten 5+ times, each time forcing their users to learn a new way of doing routing. It never worked that well either in my experience. The authors seemed addicted to churn and complexity.

I do enjoy Remix though. It works well and the various stacks help you get started pretty quickly. So why take the framework that's well respected and loved, and combine it with the library that's known for its churn? That seems like a lose-lose. You create yet another change for people still on React Router and lose the Remix brand.

Did the Vercel people manage to execute a psyop on Remix? This doesn't feel like the move.