Are you aware of vscodium? https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why-does-this-exist https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why-does-this-exist I have not persona

Are you aware of vscodium? https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why-does-this-exist https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#why-does-this-exist I have not personally audited it to see if it's better or worse than upstream vscode, but I believe the spirit of the project is closer to what you had in mind