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Because it is a great example of Microsoft's strategy to take over the IDE space similar to the old Embrace-Extent-Extinguish:

- Embrace the open-source movement and publish an open-source IDE so people can't complain it is not.

- Extend the product with an ecosystem of extensions and integrations that depend on your IDE.

- Extinguish competition by creating a dependency on proprietary platforms such as GitHub and Azure.

Bonus: Fill it with spyware because Google Chrome demonstrated most people don't understand the potential consequences.