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Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 126 points 1 year ago (2 children)

https://ghuntley.com/fracture/ Because pretending your editor is open source while moving all the important functionality to proprietary plugins is a bait and switch.

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  • [–] 74 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Embrace.

    Extend.

    Extinguish. Extract rent now that everyone lives in / depends on your proprietary ecosystem.

    I'd say they can't keep getting away with it!, but history shows they clearly can.

    Literally monopolist strategy 101.

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