Is there a non getInitialProps way to get SSR data only on direct load?

[maxschmeling]

The docs seem to suggest that getInitialProps is no longer recommended for use. However, I don't see any other way to accomplish SSR or direct page loads without remote calls for client side routing.

I want to render user info for the currently logged in user in the header of my app and I want that to use SSR. However, I don't want a remote request to be made for every single page load to get that details because it's going to always stay the same and is already in my Apollo cache after the initial server render.

Is there a more "modern" Next.js way to accomplish this?