Because the world of software is a mile wide and a foot deep. By the time they tested out both of these and the litany of other "video editing" programs they could have posted this and gotten an answer.

Searching online just gets blog results, junk downloads, and reddit threads

What an odd question. May I ask why you posed it (serious)?

There seems to be some sort of snub in it, but I can't figure out who the target is.

Is it not common sense to ask for advice when you're unsure of something?