Why do we always put Vim bindings on a pedestal? It seldom makes sense - why hjkl and not ijkl? why u to undo but ctrl-Y to redo? -, it doesn't conform to moder

Why do we always put Vim bindings on a pedestal? It seldom makes sense - why hjkl and not ijkl? why u to undo but ctrl-Y to redo? -, it doesn't conform to modern conventions, and learning how to use it is a real uphill battle. One of the more underrated features of Sublime Text is the Command Palette. Just by pressing ctrl+shift+p, you can access almost any command, without having to memorize some arcane shortcut key. It is an incredibly powerful feature - one that I really wished Vim had.