People hate C because it's hard, people hate C++ because it truly is rubbish. Rubbish that deserved to be tried but that we've now learned was a mistake and should move on from.
You're probably looking up close at a small portion of the screen - you'll always be able to "see the pixels" in that situation. If you sit far back enough to keep the whole of the screen comfortably in your visual field, the argument applies.
Also diagnostics (errors, warnings), inlay hints like types and parameters, code lens (tiny embedded buttons), symbols, notifications like “document changed”, and more
reply