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Why did Microsoft Build VSCode? Turns out, GitHub Copilot. (codeium.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Microsoft is breaking its open and extension-friendly ethos with VSCode in order to cripple GitHub Copilot competitors with restricted APIs.

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[–] rath 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

undefined> Nothing is ever free, everything has a catch

What do people expect? MSFT doing it out of altruism??

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Look at the people coming into the tech world. The think facebook and tiktok are just being great because they offer free products. I think there is a true disconnect with a lot of people in understanding on what they're giving up