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As a user, this annoys me too because it's so intrusive and obnoxious. I don't care about the privacy angle, but their AI isn't as good as Copilot and is much w

As a user, this annoys me too because it's so intrusive and obnoxious. I don't care about the privacy angle, but their AI isn't as good as Copilot and is much worse than ChatGpt. Tried it for a day or two and then wanted to turn it off since it wasn't very good, but you can't. And it keeps bugging me on every update. This is the sort of thing that makes me reconsider using Jetbrains at all, even though I prefer it to VScode. Enshittification rarely reverses once it starts...

Aeolun 3y ago
To be fair, they do seem to immediately want to reverse it? Not that I really disagree with the premise though. IntelliJ has not gotten any better with every update for a few years, but it does get slower and slower.
- solardev 3y ago
  This article is referencing an old situation. It's been like this for weeks, maybe months, and they've been dragging their heels at the removal. Jetbrains in general is really poor at dealing with user feedback. My pet issue (showing the path in search results and tabs, so you don't just have a bunch of index.js files that you can't tell apart) has been ignored for years despite consistent votes and comments.
- The_Colonel 3y ago
  Intellij did get better over the years and did not get slower IME. Many of their features are not very flashy, but provide significant QoL improvements - automated refactorings, data flow analysis. Their git support keeps improving almost every release.
moogly 3y ago
> it's so intrusive and obnoxious Hm. I didn't know there was an installed-per-default assistant. Maybe it's disabled if your workplace uses Copilot? I use Rider, WebStorm, Datagrip, CLion (and occasionally Android Studio) and haven't had this thing thrown in my face yet. The "new UI" can go diaf though.
- newsoundwave 3y ago
  > Maybe it's disabled if your workplace uses Copilot? It unfortunately doesn’t appear that it is. I downgraded my Jetbrains IDEs because AI Assistant kept trying to clobber over my other tools, even when disabled.
  - jasonlotito 3y ago
    You can just disable it.
    - solardev 3y ago
      It comes back with the next update

Aeolun 3y ago

To be fair, they do seem to immediately want to reverse it? Not that I really disagree with the premise though. IntelliJ has not gotten any better with every update for a few years, but it does get slower and slower.

solardev 3y ago
This article is referencing an old situation. It's been like this for weeks, maybe months, and they've been dragging their heels at the removal. Jetbrains in general is really poor at dealing with user feedback. My pet issue (showing the path in search results and tabs, so you don't just have a bunch of index.js files that you can't tell apart) has been ignored for years despite consistent votes and comments.
The_Colonel 3y ago
Intellij did get better over the years and did not get slower IME. Many of their features are not very flashy, but provide significant QoL improvements - automated refactorings, data flow analysis. Their git support keeps improving almost every release.

moogly 3y ago

> it's so intrusive and obnoxious Hm. I didn't know there was an installed-per-default assistant. Maybe it's disabled if your workplace uses Copilot? I use Rider, WebStorm, Datagrip, CLion (and occasionally Android Studio) and haven't had this thing thrown in my face yet. The "new UI" can go diaf though.

newsoundwave 3y ago
> Maybe it's disabled if your workplace uses Copilot? It unfortunately doesn’t appear that it is. I downgraded my Jetbrains IDEs because AI Assistant kept trying to clobber over my other tools, even when disabled.
- jasonlotito 3y ago
  You can just disable it.
  - solardev 3y ago
    It comes back with the next update