MainPage.xaml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<ContentPage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/dotnet/2021/maui"
             xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml"
             x:Class="MauiApp1.MainPage">

    <ScrollView>
        <VerticalStackLayout
            Spacing="25"
            Padding="30,0"
            VerticalOptions="Center">
            
            <Label HorizontalOptions="Center" Text="This text won't change in hot reload" x:Name="referencedLabel"/>
            <Label HorizontalOptions="Center"  Text="This control is preventing the other label from changing. (And changes to this will affect the other one)" IsVisible="{Binding Source={x:Reference referencedLabel},Path=IsVisible}"/>

        </VerticalStackLayout>
    </ScrollView>

</ContentPage>