While I agree with regards to Vim, I don't really see how Emacs is hard and impractical. It doesn't have modal editing, you just open a file and write, and the plugin system is built-in.

I do, however, agree with you. Mostly because you can customize Atom and VSCode to have all the same benefits as Emacs and Vim. Except for running them in the console, which I know some people like having the option of doing.