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If you have the right mindset learning Emacs can be way more enjoyable than learning any other tool.
It's just that the mindset required is the old school pre-Internet programmer mindset. You need to make a habbit of internalizing the documentation. When you're doing something, look into the appropriate section of the manual, to see if you really know all the manual has to say regarding the subject. You also need to track which portions of the manuals you've learned and which you haven't. Also, yes, learn to efficiently use info. It takes an hour, but would serve you well for years.
After you've established those habbits, you'd understand the superiority of the Emacs way, because you'd be learning topics in a systematic manner, instead of just learning a hodgepodge of random hacks from Stack Overflow, reddit and other sources.