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Maybe I'm old, jaded, stubborn and paranoid, but something about a coding editor that is controlled by a company is off-putting to me. It's even more off-puttin

Maybe I'm old, jaded, stubborn and paranoid, but something about a coding editor that is controlled by a company is off-putting to me. It's even more off-putting when you add Zoom, Slack and everything else into said editor.

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aduffy 11mo ago
…you’re free to use other editors? People like Zed. They like IntelliJ. They like VSCode. If you have an aesthetic preference against all professionally maintained IDEs, I think you’re in the minority.
- bitbasher 11mo ago
  ...doesn't mean the majority is right :)
  - cipehr 11mo ago
    ...doesn't mean there is a right or wrong either :)
    - fallat 11mo ago
      ...but it does mean there is a corporate controlled program that can back stab you at any moment!
      - jabbywocker 11mo ago
        Same thing could happen with non corporate open source
        fallat 11mo ago
        Uh no? You have to pull in the change and recompile
        jabbywocker 11mo ago
        Same with corporate open source
  - jiehong 11mo ago
    That reminds me of a French saying that seems fitting: C'est pas parce qu'ils sont nombreux à avoir tort qu'ils ont raison!
  - ergocoder 11mo ago
    It's a personal tool. You're not wrong. Anybody isn't wrong either.
- myaccountonhn 11mo ago
  The issue is with social features you might be forced to use it, like Slack instead of Email. I've already had cases where I've been forced to use VSCode to collaborate at work. I personally worry it's not interoperable enough.
adastra22 11mo ago
AFAIK it’s all open source. If they go off the rails we could fork it.
- arbitrandomuser 11mo ago
  while technically possible with massive projects like these its not as simple to simply fork it, because of the man hours involved . its better to keep in the product stands enshitification while one uses it or just use something else.
fergie 11mo ago
"Collaboration as it stands today is considered alpha, and for the time being, is free for all to use!" This doesn't fill me with confidence.

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aduffy 11mo ago

…you’re free to use other editors? People like Zed. They like IntelliJ. They like VSCode. If you have an aesthetic preference against all professionally maintained IDEs, I think you’re in the minority.

bitbasher 11mo ago
...doesn't mean the majority is right :)
- cipehr 11mo ago
  ...doesn't mean there is a right or wrong either :)
  - fallat 11mo ago
    ...but it does mean there is a corporate controlled program that can back stab you at any moment!
    - jabbywocker 11mo ago
      Same thing could happen with non corporate open source
      - fallat 11mo ago
        Uh no? You have to pull in the change and recompile
        jabbywocker 11mo ago
        Same with corporate open source
- jiehong 11mo ago
  That reminds me of a French saying that seems fitting: C'est pas parce qu'ils sont nombreux à avoir tort qu'ils ont raison!
- ergocoder 11mo ago
  It's a personal tool. You're not wrong. Anybody isn't wrong either.
myaccountonhn 11mo ago
The issue is with social features you might be forced to use it, like Slack instead of Email. I've already had cases where I've been forced to use VSCode to collaborate at work. I personally worry it's not interoperable enough.

adastra22 11mo ago

AFAIK it’s all open source. If they go off the rails we could fork it.

arbitrandomuser 11mo ago
while technically possible with massive projects like these its not as simple to simply fork it, because of the man hours involved . its better to keep in the product stands enshitification while one uses it or just use something else.

fergie 11mo ago

"Collaboration as it stands today is considered alpha, and for the time being, is free for all to use!" This doesn't fill me with confidence.