I think there will always be some kind of tension. This forces everyone to agree on a particular choice, which may annoy some people but makes it easier to buil

I think there will always be some kind of tension. This forces everyone to agree on a particular choice, which may annoy some people but makes it easier to build on top of it. I think that as a matter of fact emacs is highly opinionated, starting with its very extension language, elisp.