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I think a lot of people don't have a problem with commercial software, but rather with the disingenuous behavior that some companies display. VSCode was/is oft
by mschild 1y ago
I think a lot of people don't have a problem with commercial software, but rather with the disingenuous behavior that some companies display.
VSCode was/is often touted as open source and Microsoft are using it to present themselves as community loving until MS sees an opportunity to extract some money/hinder the competition.
In comparison, Jetbrains is transparent with their offerings and what you get. There is in my opinion a clear difference in how they operate and how they are perceived.
- pjmlp 1y agoYou mean transparent like the way they added AI to their products?
- mschild 1y agoI'm unaware of how they added it. Was there controversy around it?
- pjmlp 1y agoYes, initially it was a pain to disable, a big no-no for many customers. https://devclass.com/2024/03/11/jetbrains-bows-to-user-pressure-and-unbundles-ai-assistant-in-new-intellij-idea-beta/ https://devclass.com/2024/03/11/jetbrains-bows-to-user-press...
- mschild 1y agoThanks for linking it. Obviously not a great approach. I'd still look at Jetbrains more favorably than most other tech companies. Clearly not perfect by any means. To be fair to them, they seemed to listen to the feedback and provided it as a separate plugin.