[skinnyarms]

> Slightly better than notepad

C'mon now, syntax highlighting, build integration, debugging, code navigation...

> It’s very hard not to roll my eyes when I read this.

It's not as good as Visual Studio proper but Microsoft has put a lot of effort making C# work well in a variety of editors. VS Code, VS for mac, VS Community Edition are all free to use and I'd argue that any of them offer a better experiences than you'd get with a lot of other languages. Rider is my IDE for C# now, macOS and Windows, so I'm having a hard time buying your argument that Microsoft is trying to aggressively protect this particular turf.