It's not a false dichotomy. You're just working VERY hard at ignoring the context. The part you quoted comes right after the part that says "If we want to distr

It's not a false dichotomy. You're just working VERY hard at ignoring the context. The part you quoted comes right after the part that says "If we want to distribute something like Magit with Emacs". If you don't think that's a worthwhile goal, that's fine, but there is no need to blatantly misinterpret the context of the discussion here.