I have to agree, currently it doesn't look that innovative. I would rather want parallel agents working on the same task, orchestrated in some way to get the best result possible. Perhaps using IntelliJ for code insights, validation, refactoring, debugging, etc.
Yes, every update also counts as an install. Also worth noting that Github Copilot became bundled in VS Code by default at some point, but I'm not sure how it's reflected in the install count.