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0 pointscolechristensen1y ago0 comments

>Why should VS Code have to support alternative AI assistants in their software?

Because of the dominant position of Microsoft in various markets.

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Does Microsoft have a monopoly (or large enough market share) on text editors?

It's hard to find a good answer here but there's some strong indication that Microsoft is pretty dominant with code editors.

Ar-Curunir1y ago

I’m no fan of MS, but how are they leveraging their dominance in, say, OS to create dominance in editors? AFAIK it’s not like VS code is bundled with Windows.

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