What's the "bullshit" in VSCode that this avoids? Telemetry can be turned off in one line. Copyrighted logos - I don't really care. Is there any other benefit to using this over the MS-published VSCode?
Yes. VSCode includes a lot of propriety stuff that’s easy to take for granted and only notice when it’s gone, such as the extension store and a couple pretty high-profile extensions (Python, .NET, Copilot).
And the C++ extensions, which are licensed for use only with VSCode.(No, I don't know what bullshit is being avoided either; just sayin' -- the C++ extension presumably will not work with VSCodium either).