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It'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
by cmeacham98 6y ago
It'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 6y 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 6y 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 6y agoJust as a warning, if you use vscodium you will not be able to use some extensions, including Remote-SSH.
- sneak 6y agoAs another warning: those extensions aren't free software to begin with.
- stjohnswarts 6y 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.