I liked the promise dangled by things like Atom and VSCode, but Atom’s development has stopped and VSCode is spyware, in addition to all of the most interesting features being in closed/proprietary plugins.

Text editing is one place I’ll absolutely never use nonfree software. In addition to the privacy concerns (my editor has the highest security requirements of any software I run), it’s also my most-used tool, and, as such, must always be able to be inspected and modified, as it is an extension of my muscle memory.

You might lock me into a cloud or an API, but my most critical tools that take up the deep parts of my habits will remain under my control.