> 2. Why are 90% of emacs frameworks trying to make it into vi??
Idk, I can navigate in Emacs using native bindings, though I like vi modal editing more, it just feels more natural when working with text. Also I can't say about 90%, but in Doom Emacs you can easily switch between native and vi bindings (even on the fly, via the keyboard chord), it's not forced in any way.
(I just checked - you can disable evil mode in spacemacs too).
1. We are on version 30. By this time emacs should have come with some better defaults. It's 2023, not 1960 people.
2. Why are 90% of emacs frameworks trying to make it into vi?? I choose emacs, if I wanted vi-ish I would have used vi from the beginning