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

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    I hate Google but they gave us Go, Kubernetes. I hate Amazon but they gave us AWS. I plainly hate those companies, but adore the brilliant engineers that work there.

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      Google is also one of the most prolific contributors to Linux, and was the #3 corporate contributor in 2022. If you’re avoiding everything Google had a hand in you literally can’t use any GNU/Linux.

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        It’s almost as though the beauty of open source is that it doesn’t matter who contributes, we all benefit from the result because we can all check each other’s work and all use what we want

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    Because the hate is based on their shitty OS. They did a fairly good job with VSCode. Our hate isn’t blind.

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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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    Those that truly dislike MS and telemetry won’t.

    If I’m using non-free it is Jet Brains.

    I tend to use Kate, KDevelop.

    MS still slurping code into Copilot from Github and telemetry in VSCode.

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      MS still slurping code into Copilot from […] telemetry in VSCode.

      Would you happen to have a source for that? At a cursory glance, it looks like VSCode only does that if you’re using Copilot, but if you don’t have the extension installed they aren’t.