After 2 years of conversation in issue #10759 (Release in the Windows Store) I think this is the right time to reevaluate the request.

What we originally wanted is all the goodness of UWP lifecycle management (clean install/uninstall and updates received in the background without having to run the app), but now it's possible outside of the Store with MSIX packaging without having to comply with some of the stricter rules of the Store and resource/capability management of UWP apps.

So the proposal is simple: Please make an MSIX installer for VS Code even if it's not distributed through the Store (for numerous technical reasons).

As a first step, Windows 10 users would benefit from it, later, as MSIX is designed to be cross-platform, it can evolve into the only installer format on all platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows 7+) and as the Store evolves, it can be a good foundation to potentially publish VS Code to the Store.