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Most of us hate Microsoft, and yet many of us use VSCode

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I get that it’s open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

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nottheengineer@feddit.de
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VScode is the epitome of the EEE strategy. The core product is open-source, but it’s filled to the brim with tracking and the official extensions have DRM. Yes, there’s DRM on your python LSP.

Anyone who gives a shit should look for alternatives right away. The problem is just that there aren’t any that are as easy to set up.

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poinck@lemm.ee
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I think, I should switch to Codium for personal projects. Let’s hope there is a binary package on Gentoo.

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unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de
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I mean, you probably already have electron compiled, no?

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poinck@lemm.ee
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No, I don’t. I saw it on Flathub; will install it from there.

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MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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Shouldn’t using VSCodium solve the telemetry problem?

Aren’t there FOSS linters which work for VSCodium?

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???@lemmy.world
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And what would that DRM do?

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nottheengineer@feddit.de
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Make sure that the addons can only be used by VScode. There’s vscodium for now, but microsoft could easily shut that down.

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someacnt@sopuli.xyz
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Thank god I do not use python.

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