There's a lot of antiquated stuff in Emacs, but despite the almost total lack of a modern UI toolkit for extensions, there are also interfaces in Emacs that are better than anything available elsewhere --- reasons to launch Emacs even if you don't need its expressive power for editing. Magit is a good example, Helm is another, org-mode another, FlyCheck another.
If Emacs looked as good as Sublime, I'd be marginally happier. But if Emacs lost Helm or Magit, I'd be devastated.
If Emacs looked as good as Sublime, I'd be marginally happier. But if Emacs lost Helm or Magit, I'd be devastated.