I’m sorry, I can’t help but laugh.
I use Markdown almost every day. I have apps specifically designed for that purpose.
And, I’m the only person in my network (family, company, church, social circle) for whom that’s true. And we’re a tech company.
“Took over the world” doesn’t even qualify as hyperbole. My goodness does the tech community consistently overestimate its own cultural centrality.
“But that’s the point! It’s everywhere even if they don’t know it!”
The article doesn’t just claim technical ubiquity. It opens with “casual scraps of code” and “exchange a grocery list in Apple Notes or copy someone’s homework in Google Docs.” That’s explicitly claiming consumer relevance. And that claim is simply false for 99% of the population. Per tech culture policy, Dash is writing for an audience that already agrees with him.
It may “be there,” but they’re not using it.