Comment by 9dev
5 days ago
The analogy mostly makes a point for snobbishness, but otherwise doesn’t really work. Most people would rather eat meals prepped by a Michelin star cook, but they can only afford microwave meals - whereas EMacs/Vim and VSCode are equally accessible to anyone.
>Most people would rather eat meals prepped by a Michelin star cook,
You'd be surprised. Most people can't eat anything adventurous or out of the junk-food category with some comfort food staples thrown in.
I love emacs but would never compare that with a Michelin meal! On the contrary, emacs is the DIY option that lets you experiment with whatever ingredients you please without judging your choices!
I think their point was about “most popular” not necessarily meaning “better”. I don’t think they meant anything more by it