In an emotionally charged article, the author expresses their disappointment with the recent changes made to the Emacs master branch, which they believe have caused significant problems. They argue that the new changes have made simple tasks more cumbersome and have ignored the concerns of users and developers. The author voices their frustration with the Emacs maintainers for dismissing community feedback and not providing a backward-compatible option. They highlight their own efforts to fix the issues by creating a forked version and invite others to join. The article concludes with the author criticizing the maintainers for prioritizing their own agenda over user experience and emphasizing the importance of freedom and user preferences. They provide links to their own forked version for those interested in trying it out.
https://eshelyaron.com/posts/2023-12-10-bad-news.html