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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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[–] snek@lemmy.world 210 points 1 year ago (14 children)

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

[–] nottheengineer@feddit.de 98 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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.

[–] poinck@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think, I should switch to Codium for personal projects. Let's hope there is a binary package on Gentoo.

[–] unique_hemp@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, you probably already have electron compiled, no?

[–] poinck@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

No, I don't. I saw it on Flathub; will install it from there.

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