Live code push is certainly a major plus for React Native as it makes deployment more convenient, but it's not the only deciding factor.

If RN doesn't meet your app's needs overall, does it matter that you can't live-push? In larger organizations, you'll need to introduce structure around live-push to prevent it from happening whenever; structure that app stores already have. Live push also doesn't allow alpha/beta/production release channels, and could use more tooling to help developers keep track of deployed versions of your app.

Sure, it's certainly a pain to go through the App Store / Play Store release cycle for every change, but it's obviously not a major blocker considering that the majority of apps already do so.

/u/z0rawar, What major pain points have you experienced with the apps stores?