You got a point, and this reminds me of the kite debacle with sublime . However, there's a difference. Sublime plugins update automatically startup, while mine are updated manually. If I theoretically wanted to, I could audit the plugins one by one.

I'm not sure I would trust jetbrains - it's closed source and I don't know what data they're phoning home, or telemetry. With vim at least I have the possibility to audit. With a closed source product, it's way harder.