The upside for anything like this is that the barrier to entry being higher, the people who do this tend to create higher quality things overall and maybe even share them.
It's not my idea, it's the premise from
It's not my idea, it's the premise from
(I use vscode all day for my work projects and generally enjoy it and am not trying to drag it, just trying to be honest about this aspect of it.)
The extensions I've generally used were quite solid, haven't had many problems with them.