This isn't surprising. Microsoft is out to make money, not to make the world's code quality better. They may make the world's code quality better sometimes, but

This isn't surprising. Microsoft is out to make money, not to make the world's code quality better. They may make the world's code quality better sometimes, but if they are faced with a choice between the two, they're going to choose the money. Visual Studio's tiered pricing and tiered features are just an example of that. If making the world's code quality better is a priority for you, I think the solution is to switch to free languages and toolchains and help improve them. I'm not saying this from a "shut up or leave" kind of mentality: this is exactly why I moved out of the C#/.NET ecosystem.