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The question is how many people would pay for alternatives instead of using VS Code. I don't think usage alone does amount for anything. Other free offering wi
by wink 3y ago
The question is how many people would pay for alternatives instead of using VS Code.
I don't think usage alone does amount for anything. Other free offering will not go away and if something would happen, many (including me, a casual Code user) would simply switch back to what we used before, or a new thing.
MS will not manage to extuingish the "competition" because the competition doesn't even compete, they release their editors and IDEs and simply exist.
- metaphor 3y agoThat you so readily conflate the editor itself as a terminal end rather than a cleverly disguised means to an end hiding in plain sight is what makes Microsoft's strategy so scary; they're so effective at steering even knowledgable users into completely missing the forest for the trees as you've clearly demonstrated.
- wink 3y agoPlease enlighten me. I'd accept "taking away people who would write extensions for FLOSS editors", I'd accept "taking people away who would buy an editor" but I really don't see how me using VS Code for a few hobby projects instead of vim (what I still do half of the time) changes anything.
- metaphor 3y agoRecommend revisiting Huntley's blog post for the insight that he so charitably and concisely conveys. As for derived enlightenment, the onus is entirely on you; I have no interest in bartering an appeal to conditional short-sightedness.