> people actually want to use

Just because people use it doesn't mean they want to use it. We're in a bubble here and most people are pretty tech illiterate. Most people don't even know there are other options.

Besides, it also misses a lot. Like how there's a lot of people that use Google Docs. Probably the only alternative an average person is aware of. But in the scientific/academic community nearly everyone uses LaTeX. They might bemoan and complain but there's a reason they're using it over Word and TeX isn't 2.5GB...