Angular V17 / V18: Prospects of @if vs. *ngIf – Will *ngIf be Deprecated in the Future?

In the new version of Angular V17, the @if directive can be used as a replacement for ng-container, which is fantastic. However, sometimes *ngIf is more concise, such as when determining whether to display a button:

<button *ngIf="loaded">OK</button>


Therefore, I would like to ask, what is the outlook for *ngIf? Will Angular completely abandon *ngIf in some future version?

Should we replace all instances of *ngIf with @if now, even though the above code may not look as elegant as before?

@if(loaded){
<button>OK</button>
}

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