If you followed through with your analogy, you'd have to concede that non-modal editors are like cars without gearboxes. Either way, what's distracting context

If you followed through with your analogy, you'd have to concede that non-modal editors are like cars without gearboxes. Either way, what's distracting context switching for one, is essential functionality that enables effortless work for another. (Edit: I mostly use VSCode with the Neovim extension myself)