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I love markdown, all my blog posts, TILs, book notes are in it. Even my presentations are written in markdown. But this comment is so obtuse and user hostile. Millions of people know how to use word processors. Let's not take that away from them or even imply that they're doing it wrong. They're fine. Software can always be improved, like the Docs team is attempting here. But we can't overnight tell people that their skills are obsolete because some developers somewhere like Markdown and Latex.

Shouldn’t software serve people rather than the other way around?

This comes across as a ‘you’re holding it wrong’ type argument.

To me this is like saying that because we are no longer able to make good bicycles people should walk everywhere.