[zzless]

This is a fine opinion, here is another one. Calling everyone who uses LaTeX cultists is a bit insulting. I do not particularly like LaTeX and use it only when a journal requires it in which case it is pretty much painless as I simply follow the provided template. TeX, on the other hand pretty much satisfies all my typesetting needs and I use it daily. I wish everyone would use TeX or LaTeX but I would not force it on everyone. Typst seems like a fine if a bit immature system but I truly hope it goes away, the sooner the better. Not because it is bad at what it does but because it solves a problem that does not exist and distracts from a standard that may not be perfect but has proved itself again and again. I am also weary of any piece of software that is controlled by a private entity, no matter how good the initial intentions are. Being open source is not really a guarantee of anything.

[Ericson2314]

I did not call everyone that uses LaTeX a cultist, I called everyone that is a fan of it a cultist.

> because it solves a problem that does not exist

No, the problems with LaTeX are real, objective, and undeniable.

> I am also weary of any piece of software that is controlled by a private entity, no matter how good the initial intentions are. Being open source is not really a guarantee of anything.

That is valid, but it does not excuse the accumulation of bad technical quality in LaTeX. Living in the stone age is not an efficacious solution to the problem of Typst's governance.