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> Don't develop with nonfree software and tools. Don't try to dictate to others how they should work, as though you're some kind of oracle on the topic. I'll
by jfk13 5y ago
> Don't develop with nonfree software and tools.
Don't try to dictate to others how they should work, as though you're some kind of oracle on the topic.
I'll decide (together with my employer, when appropriate) what software and tools to use, based on a range of factors. Free-ness may be one of those factors, but it doesn't get to unconditionally veto everything else.
- cmeacham98 5y agoIt's just a strong recommendation, GP isn't pretending to have authority over HN commenters. This type of 'command as suggestion' construct is pretty common in modern english.
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- sneak 5y agoNo, it's not a suggestion, it's definitely a command. Don't use nonfree tools, or you'll become a sharecropper ripe for abuse, such as the complete and utter "it's our computer now, fucko, even though you paid for it" nonsense demonstrated in TFA. Free software can't behave like this because the moment it tries we'll simply patch it out. See also: vscodium, ungoogled chromium.
- ratww 5y ago> vscodium Wow, I had no idea this existed. Thanks for mentioning it. I block the telemetry with settings and with Little Snitch, but this is what I needed from the beginning.
- vikbytes 5y agoJust as a warning, if you use vscodium you will not be able to use some extensions, including Remote-SSH.
- sneak 5y agoAs another warning: those extensions aren't free software to begin with.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoSure but not everyone is a "free software only" person either. VSCodium comes at a price if you invested time in learning those extensions which won't work in it.