[shanusmagnus]

I guess you're right, the logic you describe is simple, but I submit that there's a more fundamental logic: If the folks who split away pull people out of the original community, it means there was demand for the things that prompted the split in the first place.

If Neovim had nothing to offer vs vanilla Vim, nobody would have followed them. This seems like efficient exploration of an idea space, to me, and something to be celebrated.