I think the point of an article like this is to make developers aware that the "OSS" tool they are using is not as open as they think it is. As a developer, yo

I think the point of an article like this is to make developers aware that the "OSS" tool they are using is not as open as they think it is. As a developer, you might choose to invest in truly OSS workflows which don't involve proprietary MS technologies, and you might not be aware that you're not doing that by choosing VSCode.