I'm familiar with Visual Studio (in my professional persona) and Code. Too many dials and knobs and displays. Telemetry is not a huge issue for me, but I understand why it bothers some people.

I had been jumping back and forth between Vim and Emacs for several years in my hobbyist persona for years. When in hobbyist mode, I prefer to avoid anything that reminds me of my professional mode.

VS and Code are noisy and intrusive. Emacs and Vim (and Neovim) are not.