If only the depth of our feelings for Emacs counted for more in the market. There's an argument that music and the arts are dumbed down by the fact that, for i

If only the depth of our feelings for Emacs counted for more in the market. There's an argument that music and the arts are dumbed down by the fact that, for instance, making an album worth $10 to millions of people pays way better than making an album worth a million dollars to tens of people, since the album is going to get priced at $10 one way or the other. It only just now occurred to me that the same phenomenon applies to tools.