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Do you really think any of what you just said will be effective to your target demographic without being far more detailed, containing any sort of sources, or w
by UltraSuperUser 6y ago
Do you really think any of what you just said will be effective to your target demographic without being far more detailed, containing any sort of sources, or while being this unnecessarily inflammatory?
All the people you wish would care will scoff, dismiss the comment as being looney and that'll be that.
You have to realize that, unfortunately, in every part of life, marketing matters. Got to make a message your audience will appreciate.
- alpaca128 6y agoNot sure how it is inflammatory to state VS Code spies on users, when according to a GitHub issue[0] Microsoft has been refusing to clearly comply with GDPR for over 2 years now, with the only response being (paraphrasing) "just read the source code" when asked what kind of data is collected. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/47284 https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/47284
- MayeulC 6y agoWell, any piece of software that requires signing off copyright to a private entity gets a soft blacklist in my book. The project picked a license, asking for CLA is not playing on a level field. I count the FSF as an exception here, since they provide additional guarantees with their CLA, and it is primarily for enforcement: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html https://www.gnu.org/licenses/why-assign.html
- sneak 6y agoYou seem to have mistaken my comment for one intending to be persuasive. I wish for people to be informed, not to care. What matters to someone is an individual decision.