I haven't seen anyone identify themselves as vim user and don't know how to change text inside parenthesis or quotes with ci( or ci" or ci'. How is that rare in

I haven't seen anyone identify themselves as vim user and don't know how to change text inside parenthesis or quotes with ci( or ci" or ci'. How is that rare in everyday programming? Or delete the entire function/scope with di{. The limitation of non-modal editing is that you only have arrows and modifiers whereas you can have a whole vocabulary /language for yourself with modal.