Yeah. Everyone uses it because it requires the least effort, but on so many levels Markdown is such garbage.

From the different code block implementations, to crappy tables, to trying to indent lists, and so forth.

But it's also the dumbest, lowest common denominator style of text. It's missing almost anything useful.

That it's popular is an insult to anything of quality.

That's what we have though. I don't feel cosy about a text language under stewardship either.