LaTeX users, however, more often report enjoying using their respective software.
That's tooling cults for you. I'm utterly unsurprised by this result, only masochists like TeX.
That's tooling cults for you. I'm utterly unsurprised by this result, only masochists like TeX.
If you want to write a novel something like Word is probably better. Or just use a typewriter if that's what you like.
Word actually had a kinda good equation editor 30 years ago, and there are numerous WYSIWYG equation editors, including ones which output to LaTeX. For more technical applications JAX does a good job. I'm not suggesting you should stop liking LaTeX, but the claim that 'there are no good alternatives' is just a pompous way of saying you prefer it to other options.