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> Because if it breaks, you can't fix it. If it reports on you, you won't know. If it decides to not allow SSHing into a server that it has blacklisted, you can
by mekster 6y ago
> Because if it breaks, you can't fix it. If it reports on you, you won't know. If it decides to not allow SSHing into a server that it has blacklisted, you can't change it.
Are these the only reasons you have problem with it being closed source?
I'll happily use the closed source version when MS is developing who can handle 4 digit number of issues and likely to fix issues you care about and more.
If someone black lists your SSH server publicly, you seem to have a bigger problem than an extension being closed source.
- type0 6y ago> If someone black lists your SSH server publicly The bigger risk is that MS would start selling your usage without you even knowing, don't forget it's an advertising company as well.
- cameronh90 6y agoIf that were to happen, when someone inevitably found out, we'd be due compensation under the GDPR/the California law.
- hardwaresofton 6y agoI use neither Windows nor VS Code if I can avoid it -- I prefer slower progress than getting orders of magnitude more features ahead of time, for giving up control I consider fundamental, because I feel that I'm well served by the tools that are available in the open source space. I don't achieve theoretical maximum productivity without tools like VSCode and all the things they might provide and it hasn't been a problem in my career yet. It's totally fine for other people to be fine with the trade off, but for me VSCode is an incremental gain, not a huge absolute one -- maybe it will have some killer feature (or more likely some partner/employer will force it on me because it's the current zeitgeist and because of some custom plugin) that I'll need someday, but that day is not today.