The reasons to switch don't make sense. Microsoft provides builds for virtually every major platform and has extensive remote development options. Why is there

The reasons to switch don't make sense. Microsoft provides builds for virtually every major platform and has extensive remote development options. Why is there a requirement to be building it from source? What is collected via telemetry is published, can be inspected with tools Microsoft provides or third party tools, and can be disabled. Why are some extensions providing paid versions while keeping the free versions around a bad thing?