Why Vim when you can VS Code with SSH?

I'm assuming this is aimed at people who use vim only when they are ssh'd into a server, because it's a standard default.

I personally use NeoVim, and also (when I'm doing more than a tiny change) use my local NeoVim setup to edit the remote file via scp/ssh.

It's nice both to a) feel totally at home when editing random files with vi or vim on some random box, b) have all the comforts of home when editing a remote file.

(Neo)Vim is more than just an editor, it's more like a UI paradigm and a modular toolkit like a shell. Which is why some people use vim integration with VSCode or their browser so if you're not comfortable with it, I'd suggest running through the vimtutor and giving it a go within your editor of choice (most of them, even online JS ones and browser tools have it as an option), you may grow to appreciate it.

When you don't use VS Code to begin with?