> How? Components take props. They're just as independent as they were previously.

But in raw react it's straitforward: props are properties passed in the jsx tag of the element. With redux your props just pop out of nowhere when some event is dispatched somewhere in your code and your (smart) component can also change any other component's state without you knowing it. I know this kind of behavior can be useful sometimes (because you exactly want to do that) but in many situation you don't need it (in the same app I mean).

My problem with redux is that it makes the remote control implicit instead of explicit. Plus you don't always control redux by yourself but are also encouraged to use a lot of librairies that tamper the global state behind your back: redux-router, redux-form, etc.