I agree that VS Code is even more "bloated" than Emacs, but it has a multi-billion dollar corporation funding it. If Emacs could get that, maybe Emacs would be as popular as VS Code!
But, short of that, Emacs can't beat VS Code. Emacs could beat Vim, but only by being so fast and small that it gets installed by default on Linux distros (and macOS and WSL).
But that'll never happen, because Emacs folks prioritize features over performance. (If they cared that much about performance, they wouldn't be Emacs users!)
But, short of that, Emacs can't beat VS Code. Emacs could beat Vim, but only by being so fast and small that it gets installed by default on Linux distros (and macOS and WSL).
But that'll never happen, because Emacs folks prioritize features over performance. (If they cared that much about performance, they wouldn't be Emacs users!)