[nobody9999]

>I think if you could easily install and use emacs to edit a text file with no knowledge it's userbase would grow exponentially overnight.

Why do you put such a value on growing the user base exponentially? Is that important? Or even desirable?

Emacs isn't a toaster or even a web browser. It has specific use cases that a very small number of people actually need. The really nice part about it is that it's extensible and endlessly modifiable.

Again, that's not something that most folks need.