>I forgot how absolutely horrible the new user experience is. It's terrible, but the people in a position to change it aren't new users and they have decade-ol

>I forgot how absolutely horrible the new user experience is. It's terrible, but the people in a position to change it aren't new users and they have decade-old configs, so it stays terrible. Try suggesting making CUA-mode the default (to ease onboarding new users) on the mailing lists or /r/emacs, for example. It's amazing how vitriolic people can be.