I don't get the problem with the Microsoft repo on RPis. I mean they're devices at their core meant for children and beginner coders (whether that's their common real world use or not), so it stands to reason that on the default os they'll have a repo that likely allows some common programs to function (VSCode for example). Also, it's only on the default OS. The kind of people who will be bothered by this sort of thing aren't using RPi OS, they're using ALARM or Void or something like that.
@ThreeBadgersInATrenchcoat well, I don't think they should just add m$'s repo and key. AFAIK dpkg has no vendor lock so m$ could just push other packages with newer versions and users would get updated to potentially malicious software.
Should an low-power arm device really have to run an Electron IDE?
Also, why doesn't the rpi team compile VSCode themselves and put it in their own repo.
