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I mean there is a genuinely free tier that doesn't ask for credit cards or anything... that used to not be the case. More of an announcement than anything. It'

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• throwaway39878 2y ago
  It's "free" in the same way that Google's services are "free". You pay with your data. Can't say they aren't upfront about it, at least.
• 0manrho 2y ago
  A 1st party ad is still an ad, though in isolation I do I agree that it's quite mild all considered. With context however (this being Microsoft's doing, and all the AI/Adware/telemetry/darkpatterns they're cramming into everything), I share OP's derision for this development in a tool that has become a centerpiece for many developers workflows, dev environments, and ancillary (plugins) ecosystems. Thankfully, for now at least, VSCode is MIT Licensed [0], source available [1], and if built from source it does not include CoPilot, Telemetry or MS' other crapware or branding. You can do this yourself, or, there's VS Codium [2] that compiles this source for you without the cruft and makes those binaries/installers available [3] if like. For those that like CoPilot, VSCodium even has a guide on how to add it to VSCodium/Source Built VSCode [4] 0: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/LICENSE.txt https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/main/LICENSE.txt 1: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode https://github.com/microsoft/vscode 2: https://vscodium.com/#why https://vscodium.com/#why 3: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases 4: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/discussions/1487 https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/discussions/1487