Re: How to make Emacs popular again.

[Richard Stallman]

[[[ To any NSA and FBI agents reading my email: please consider    ]]]
[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

There are other reasons why it is bad to adopt "talk to a server" as
your default way to do something, and for bad the community to adopt
"talk to a server" as its default recommendation and practice.

Getting an answer over the network can take time.

It can cost you money, in some circumstances.

It can fail, if the network is having a problem.

It can result in tracking your movements, if it requires you to
activate a network connection that identifies and tracks you.

It can be impossible, if you don't have a connection
at that time or place.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)