Ideally I would have just reopened microsoft/vscode#166924, but I'm restating it here:

The auto import in vscode right now seems to prefer the external module over my local one with the same name. i would like to have a settings where we can configure this behaviour

In response, @mjbvz asked

Is this only for quick fixes, or also for auto imports added by IntelliSense?

I can't speak for the original issue author, but from my point of view: Both, but if possible.

Otherwise I'll take what I can get. E.g., just being able to blacklist some imports from ever being suggested would be enough.