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0 pointsbhouston3y ago0 comments

Not until there is a viable alternative.

But with the integration of Github Co-Pilot, they can now make subscription fees from all of those users of VSCode.

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ecshafer3y ago· 3 in thread

I don't understand why anyone would use VSCode, now.

Between Intellij, Vim, Emacs, Sublime Text there are at least 4 better Editors / IDE for any given language.

therealdrag03y ago

Tbh for me it’s the better plug-in UX and the built in debugger. Of course I use IJ for real stuff.

scintill763y ago

Due to JetBrains’s (alleged?) links to Russia, their products are banned at some companies. :(

doetoe3y ago

The founders are Russian, but they actually condemned the invasion of Ukraine, and suspended sales in Russia and Belarus

bhaney3y ago· 2 in thread

Viable alternatives to VSCode have been around since the 90s

raydev3y ago

The explosive success of VSCode reveals that this is not true.

nocman3y ago

The popularity of a single development tool in a particular category does not make all other tools in the same (or a similar) category non-viable.

bogwog3y ago

There’s already a de-Microsofted fork called VSCodium. Most people would probably migrate there, and development will proceed independently.

Sublime Text was my go-to for a long time, and still is when I'm not working on a formal project.

zer0tonin3y ago

I've never used VsCode, so I'm pretty sure viable alternatives are around

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