You need to define what productivity is. Which again, you'd have to do for everyone else to maintain your view. My only issue is that you're claiming to know what is economically best for everyone, and what their productivity metrics are. In your case, it sounds like a pure number issue. Which is fine. You made the right choice. But there are times when people find it beneficial to trade some profit for other things. A good example is doing something critical in house even though outsourcing would be cheaper. Some programmers may have different reasons than you. But this really applies to everything. Cursor and programming are just one example. I think it's important to consider that two actors can both make rational decisions without arriving on the same conclusion. And rational doesn't always mean best or correct by every viewpoint.