>VSCode is much more popular today. Emacs is GPL -- I expect it to be there in 20 years too. I won't trust Microsoft long term. VSCode is open source, too. The

>VSCode is much more popular today. Emacs is GPL -- I expect it to be there in 20 years too. I won't trust Microsoft long term. VSCode is open source, too. There are forks with the Microsoft IP removed from it. I believe Eclipse and RedHat maintain one now as well. Other than that I basically agree with you. I much prefer Emacs to VSCode, but there are annoying things about it that mean I don't want to use it full time.