Nope but VSCode is slow because it's an Electron app, not because of telemetry. VSCodium won't fix that, I guarantee it. You're experiencing a fresh install after using VSCode for a while with a bunch of plugins.
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Nope but VSCode is slow because it's an Electron app, not because of telemetry. VSCodium won't fix that, I guarantee it. You're experiencing a fresh install after using VSCode for a while with a bunch of plugins.
After you try it, please come back with your results. I am curious if you are going to have the same opinion.
As I said before, for me it's faster and I have now a lot more plugins then in my previous VSCode setup.