To each their own. Minds function differently, desire different workflows, and thus are extended better with different tools.

I use both non-evil emacs and neovim, given the mood I am feeling that day. For quick and dirty things, I prefer neovim, and for more extended workflows, I prefer emacs.

But besides functional differences, the two "mediums" feel different. Neovim is clean (and hangs less in general). No bloat. Emacs is a monster, suited towards my liking (with many years of .emacs config).

But as much as I love Lisp, sometimes you want to get away from the bloat and sit quietly with a blinking cursor in vim.