Comment by adityaathalye

Well, I feel my whole post is my "why org-mode" swan song :D

If I had to pick just one reason: Org-mode's much more regular --- and singular, unlike the many flavours of markdown --- syntax appeals to my sensibilities more. I linked to a post, which I agree with: https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/