Can we use Route.onLoad and pass data to the Component without Loaders or Queries?

[jolly drum]

From what I can tell, you used to be able to return a value from onLoad and then retrieve the data using a hook. The old examples don't appear to work anymore.
Having to introduce and manage separate Loaders and LoaderClient instances feels a bit clunky to use for basic page-load scenarios.

[gusty flower]

In its Current form, not likely