Why do most developers not like it? Is it because the browser is a terrible platform for text editors since there is no proper key mapping, or access to proper debuggers, or there is too much latency, and no access to cli tools?

You make it sound like you are surprised, but everyone who has tried this knows it's crap and a band aid at best.

I really tried to give vscode an honest shot.

I couldn't find anything about it that was even half as good as a real text editor.

It made writing code feel like a chore. I usually love writing code.

I hope folks know they can use Codespaces in their desktop editor. I never use the web editor.