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My counterpoint is simpler: I use some of these tools (like VS Code) because they're better, not because they're open source. Also I don't think Pylance or wha

My counterpoint is simpler: I use some of these tools (like VS Code) because they're better, not because they're open source. Also I don't think Pylance or whatever core extensions being closed source contradicts with the fact majority of VS Code (or vscodium) is open-source. And I don't see anything morally wrong that they want to close source some of their competitive products.

SergeAx 4y ago
It may be not intuitive, but tools tend to be better because they are open source. My personal problem with Pylance or ssh tools is that they are not working with VS Code based forks. That means that VS Code is not that open source as it trying to look like. And this is suspicious for me.
- anonymoushn 4y ago
  The ssh tool is incredibly slow and resource intensive and defaults to losing unsaved work on disconnect. An open source version would open up the possibility of a user fixing some of these issues.
- delta_p_delta_x 4y ago
  > tools tend to be better because they are open source This is not true in general. It isn't even true for programming tools. Paid/non-OSS IDEs (JetBrains suite, Visual Studio) are often better in many ways than their FOSS equivalents (Eclipse, Qt Creator, etc). Other examples: office programs (MS Office vs LibreOffice), digital AV workstations (Adobe suite, Da Vinci Resolve vs Kdenlive, ShotCut, etc), 3D editors (Blender is the one exception here, but Maya is still damn good)...
  - SergeAx 4y ago
    I didn't mean that all OSS tools are better than proprietary/commercial, this is not true obviously. I mean that making tool OSS usually makes it better.