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You do realize this is Microsoft we're talking about here? Not merely a couple dudes in their bedroom doing this in their spare time? I guarantee you that a non
by LocalH 2y ago
You do realize this is Microsoft we're talking about here? Not merely a couple dudes in their bedroom doing this in their spare time? I guarantee you that a non-zero percentage of the code in VSCode was paid for.
- rat9988 2y agoWho ever paid to use the extensions marketplace?
- LocalH 2y agoI meant on the development side, not that end users paid for anything.
- rat9988 2y agoThen why should end users expect anything? Microsoft is already paying for developpers.
- wildzzz 2y agoThen they can pay those developers to sandbox vscode extensions at the very least. I like using vscode sometimes but I'm sure as shit not going to use it if my work bans installing extensions due to security risks.
- CodeWriter23 2y ago> You do realize this is Microsoft we're talking about here? Fiscal responsibility: required > Not merely a couple dudes in their bedroom doing this in their spare time? Fiscal responsibility: optional I would also point out, the malware-infested extension we are talking about presents more as the “two guys in a bedroom” model (though possibly a state-sponsored actor).