I think licensing is not the problem, why nobody installs emacs anymore. It is initial setup. Where can I get a good code highlighter for all my code. Integration into obscure ide's compilers like iar. A workflow showing me easily what I changed, which files to check into git. A nice git overview of file history thanks to extensions. where can I get all this easily. One click and have a dark theme. Also easily customizable shortcuts. Manpower behind the editor for many changes and improvements. I mean who pumps out new versions every month.I would say vs code does all that and while using an easy to overcome entry bar. And I am much more productive even than in native ide's for embedded development. Like iar eclipse or Segger.
The only thing I would want to try is using the org mode in emacs for nice todo handling.
But else I see no appeal in emacs. It is just ugly, more concerned about it's license instead of just saying, this is free software just contribute and we will improve by using everything we can.
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