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Visual Studio (not Code), JetBrains, Photoshop, AutoCAD, Blender, every single tool for circuit simulation and FPGA programming would like a word with you.

Also lazygit and neovim (since you mentioned modals) are GUIs in the terminal. The entire reason for lazygit to exist is to have a user-friendly experience for people who don't want to use the more complex and spartian git cli.

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> Visual Studio (not Code), JetBrains, Photoshop, AutoCAD, Blender, every single tool for circuit simulation and FPGA programming would like a word with you.

I am not sure why you think my comment is in disagreement of that.

> The entire reason for lazygit to exist is to have a user-friendly experience for people who don't want to use the more complex and spartian git cli.

Same, I fully agree with that statement.

From reading both of your comments it looks like you are saying that people who use [Visual Studio (not Code), JetBrains, Photoshop, AutoCAD, Blender, every single tool for circuit simulation and FPGA programming] fall into the category "general consumer" but people who use vim fall into the category "professional". That's not how I would distinguish professionals from general consumers.

Ah, I see, that's not what I meant (hence the 'TUIs are often tailored for advanced users' and 'the majority of GUIs prioritize user-friendly experiences for the general consumer' phrasing).

I agree there are also many GUIs tailored for professionals. Not sure if there are TUIs tailored for general consumers though.

GUIs have a rich history of power and complexity, which has been watered down over generations of business fucks insisting that everything be 'easy to use' so they can get those grandma dollars

Technically neovim is a GUI, but not in the sense most people would accept.

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