I agree with you.

One little thought is, has there been much drama between the vim and neovim communities? (I guess community can be defined broadly enough that the answer to that question is always “yes,” but I haven’t seen much). They both seem completely happy to just do their own thing. I think the perennial argument just exits in the mind of some fans.

It is nice to see a pair of projects with so much potential for competition coexisting peacefully. Plenty of room on the internet I guess.

There was a decent amount of drama in the early days, but at this point it seems like it's gotten pretty friendly.