> I think we all remember that 6 month period where Microsoft decided to shove VSCode down every ones throat.

Not me. I don't remember hearing about VSCode until a few months back. I had no idea it was first released two years ago.

Maybe I just wasn't reading the right places. But I subscribe to /r/programming, and I think I would expect that to get hit, if they're going to be astroturfing on reddit?

I'm not saying this definitely didn't happen, but I'm skeptical.