A lot of companies have Nextjs as a requirement, you can see it in the job posts. It's almost like React = Nextjs, where they don't even mention React. There are developers out there who are highly invested in Vercel's business. Ultimately, the dev teams are responsible for making these decisions.
I've encountered issues based on Nextjs in a few projects where the best approach was to eliminate it.
The outcome was nicer and higher development satisfaction.
If you dare to say that you had to get rid of Nextjs from a particular project, during a job interview, you're done!
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