At one point, my employer forced me to use Intellij products... I have no idea why anyone using Emacs would want that. It's awful all around. I also cannot imagine why would anyone come to conclusion that Emacs is like paper books. The UX is definitely better than in Intellij. And, feature discoverability is... well, it's for people with < 1 year experience. Who cares about their opinion? They know nothing, and are expected to not know anything.
> I rarely hear people talking with excitement about WebStorm or VS code.
You seem to be living in a very remote area where no programmers can reach you, beside those using Emacs. Yeah, people using VSCode talk about it a lot, given an opportunity.
In an average programming company, programmers might talk more about Emacs because for the overwhelming majority it's a mystery. It's the same how others might be driven to discuss UFOs or weird cultural kinks found in distant lands. But, really, it's not an indication of anything.
> I rarely hear people talking with excitement about WebStorm or VS code.
You seem to be living in a very remote area where no programmers can reach you, beside those using Emacs. Yeah, people using VSCode talk about it a lot, given an opportunity.
In an average programming company, programmers might talk more about Emacs because for the overwhelming majority it's a mystery. It's the same how others might be driven to discuss UFOs or weird cultural kinks found in distant lands. But, really, it's not an indication of anything.