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And that isn't even the full story. After Kite was forced to come clean about their Atom extension purchases, they were caught with yet another unrelated Sublim
by dessant 8y ago
And that isn't even the full story. After Kite was forced to come clean about their Atom extension purchases, they were caught with yet another unrelated Sublime Text plugin that was phoning home to an IP address for an entire year. Their explanation? They forgot they were doing it!
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14902630 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14902630
Their only redeeming move could be to open source their project, and build a business model around that. Otherwise I don't see how will they ever gain back our trust, since they have repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to deceive users.
- minxomat 8y agoThe original article contains this quote: > I have to wonder if your goal was to upset enough people that you'd generate real attention on various news sites and get Kite a ton of free publicity before your next funding round,” @DevOpsJohn wrote It seems to have worked out great.