@icscarythings I really, REALLY didn't need like 95% of what GNU Emacs really offered. I guess it goes all the way back to that one quote: Emacs is good at everything except for editing text. It really is just mediocre as an actual text editor.

Electric mode was it's huge hit thing (basically: indention works in the way the -mode does), and it's nice in some cases... but then sometimes I want to break the rules of say, my C style syntax. Or maybe I want to work in a project that uses 3 spaces instead of 4... or GNU syntax (god bless). Unfortunately, requires a bit of work to alternate between them

Also yes, I agree with the branding alone. GNU has always been more about branding than Licensing. Licensing was always more of a way to work around the shitty legal system. GPL is more of a cult, and while I do see why the ideas of GPL exist, a lot of people still manage to work around it anyway, and/or it just does more harm than good.