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> It amazes me that developers pick closed source Jetbrains JetBrains Intellij Idea Community Edition is open source

• ilovecaching 5y ago
  Jetbrains products are only partially open source, which makes them non-free and still spyware due to telemetry we can’t see.
  • Ensorceled 5y ago
    Do you have a reference for "Jetbrains products are ... spyware due to telemetry we can’t see."
    • ziml77 5y ago
      That's the "beauty" of phrasing it like that. It's impossible to prove or disprove.
    • jawilson2 5y ago
      It is packed in a small teapot orbiting the sun somewhere between Earth and Mars.
    • seanw444 5y ago
      If the source code of what you are running is not fully available, assume it contains telemetry or data collection.
      • Ensorceled 5y ago
        I assume every stranger that calls me is a scammer. That does NOT mean that everyone who calls me IS a scammer.
  • badsectoracula 5y ago
    > Jetbrains products are only partially open source You mean the repository at [0] contains code which is not licensed under an open source license? The only license mentioned at the root is Apache 2. [0] https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community