Because I can. I've tried TRAMP a few different times in the past and, for whatever reason, I bounced off of it pretty hard every time. They were long enough

Because I can. I've tried TRAMP a few different times in the past and, for whatever reason, I bounced off of it pretty hard every time. They were long enough ago that I can't remember what went wrong, but I have a pretty deep and lingering feeling of frustration whenever I contemplate giving it another go. Compared to the effort needed for me to shell into the remote machine and start Emacs there, I just haven't bothered. I think it's great that the capability exists and that others find value in it; it's just not for me (or maybe vice versa). One of the great things about Emacs is that it can still work for both sets of people: folks who like TRAMP and folks who like to SSH in and run it locally.