From our experience running Codeanywhere we understand the hesitation around being "forced" into specific tools. Developers should be able to code how they want, on their own terms. We're optimizing Daytona.io to integrate seamlessly with tools developers already love. The focus should be on empowering developers, not restricting them.
I totally agree, while I use VSC myself it's important they stay agnostic. I mentioned "The ideal CDE is [...] enabling you to use all the tools and software you love.". A lot of the CDEs are now becoming less tied to VSC so it's worth checking out some that aren't!