I've been using VS 2017 for years now without updating, because I learned that updating any piece of modern software only brings disappointment and issues in the long run. But even back when it came out I already thought it was shit because of how much of a resource hog it was, and it probably got a lot worse since then.
Sadly, I agree with you. VS starts up a shit load of background tasks. However, I do like intellisense, auto code completion and its Git integration. Oh well.
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