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Visual Studio Code is designed to fracture (2022)
A couple of moments ago, I finished reading the article by Rob O'Leary about the pervasive data collection done by Visual Studio Code. Whilst Visual Studio Code is "open-source" (as per the OSD) the value-add which transforms the editor into anything of value ("what people actually refer
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
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| Sep 29, 2024 | Visual Studio Code is designed to fracture (2022) by ghuntley | 405 | 345 |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Visual Studio Code is designed to fracture by ghuntley | 264 | 142 |
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Linked from 56 Hacker News comments by 22 different people, from Oct 2022 to Oct 2026.
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