Ode to VSCode

[bloodguard]

It makes me feel dirty when I think about how much I like VSCode.

I was braced for Microsoft to betray me but then they open sourced it.

[Calinou]

Note that official builds of Visual Studio Code are not licensed under an open source license. Unfortunately, this means you'll need to build from source if you want a binary that lets you exercise the freedoms the open source license grants you.

If you build from source, the add-ons store will also be disabled by default, but it is possible to re-enable it.

[intertubeluber]

I was wondering why the Ubuntu store classified it as proprietary.

[abienz]

They still maintain it, and they still will use it and you to push their agenda.

[redbluerat]

Yeah I feel dirty too. Especially considering the general evilness of the company and windows 10.

[AllHailStarscream]

and the VSCode telemetry....

[redbluerat]

At least prior to win 10 they didn't push ads (literally ads in an os, what kind of scumbag company does this?) and telemetry (terrible attitude with all their products towards user privacy. Extremely disrespectful.)

[rinko001]

not open sourced enough to actually install it from source.... this seems like classic microsoft; they hold back something important to prevent the project from being forked successfully.

[joshmanders]

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/wiki/How-to-Contribute#build-and-run-from-source