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I had thought that JetBrains products requires a licence, unlike VSCode which is free in regards to monetary cost. However - the main gripe this community has
by galleywest200 4y ago
I had thought that JetBrains products requires a licence, unlike VSCode which is free in regards to monetary cost.
However - the main gripe this community has with VSCode is that it is only partially open source. Microsoft adds extra bits to the code that is not open - mainly the items around telemetry. You can get around this with VSCodium or VSCode-OSS, but those are arguably forks and not a MS product.
- smt88 4y agoI still don't understand why that's an issue. VSCode is a proprietary product. There are tons of FOSS alternatives if it doesn't work for someone or the telemetry is a problem. My criticism would only be that the telemetry is not obvious enough for a casual downloader. I don't use VSCode but I'm sure a lot of people do without knowing about it.
- isodev 4y agoThe main selling point of VSCode is their extension ecosystem. Most extensions are open source / created by the community. In essence, Microsoft channels FOSS work by third parties in order to create a pipeline for upselling their products and services.