Did you customize Emacs much? Or add functionality, rather than just customize? I'm a long time vim/nvim user and as much as Lua brought to the party, I'm finding I want to add functionality, and that feels more appealing in Emacs.
Mostly just LSP integration. I didn't really feel the need to manage my email or filesystem with Emacs. Even git I prefer to use on the command line than use an editor/IDE plugin for.
Yeah same. I'll probably spend a some more time with Emacs, having fun toying around with it, and then realize all I really want is a fast, snappy editor. Then I'll be back to nvim. Wash-rinse-repeat every couple of years.
Nothing wrong with that. There was nothing wrong with emacs in vim mode — it functioned just fine. I'm familiar with lisp so it wasn't even hard to configure particularly, just not as easy as neovim for my particular use-case.