I used EditPlus for over 8 years until SublimeText appeared, and have been using it for the last five years. I think your point applies to current users of Ato

I used EditPlus for over 8 years until SublimeText appeared, and have been using it for the last five years. I think your point applies to current users of Atom/VSCode, but for me Sublime has stood the test of time, again and again.