This is true, but its still very snappy for an electron app.

After adding around 10+ plugins on Atom it not only became slower but it started crashing or having internal errors.

With VS code I have 17 plugins installed and it still feels light enough. Personally I disable most plugins until I need them and I think most people should do the same considering how easy it is to disable a plugin.

I have all my language specific plugins disabled until I need to use them.