I wouldn't even say 'like', it's just that I don't see a big enough advantage to switch. I built up enough muscle memory over the years and while helix might be slightly better (I don't actually know how much better, but I tried it and the impression I got was that it was at most only slightly better), that slight improvement doesn't really make up for the cost, which is being really slow for a while until you get used to it. Also you're giving up all your plugins. Also, you're giving up universal support in pretty much every other editor, since there are vim bindings in emacs, vscode, visual studio, jet brains ides, xcode, etc.
Vim isn't going anywhere, so it just makes more sense for me to continue using it. Maybe for new people they could get into helix? I love that there's more options for people and I hope they can cross-pollinate ideas. But it's a hard sell to be honest.
Seems like we agree! I don't think there's much need for people happy with the existing Vim layout to switch, and Vim is still a very serviceable editor. My comment more spoke to my personal tastes around editors. :)
I don't particularly like vim keybindings - actually the very fact that they become so much of a consuming hobby for many people speaks to me of real problems with them. But their availability in so many tools aside from vim/nvim makes them very practical, given things as they are. It's a bit like QWERTY. Ubiquitious presence can be more practically useful than intrinsic advantages.
(For those who like the traditional vim binds, I salute you, but I have craved an upgrade for a while now)