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vscodium, vscode without spyware (github.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.ml
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[–] 95 points 3 years ago* (4 children)

Alternatively you can deactivate all tracking in VSCode and therefore make it exactly the same as VSCodium afaik. Only takes a few seconds.

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/getstarted/telemetry#:~:text=Disable%20telemetry%20reporting,-With%20the%20telemetry&text=From%20File%20%3E%20Preferences%20%3E%20Settings%2C,when%20you%20disable%20the%20setting.

VSCodium uses another marketplace. A lot of addons are either on an older version or not even available. Tried it once but moved back to VSCode after a few minutes. I prefer my addons.

Well not exactly the same. I’m not sure anymore but I think it misses the possibility to sync settings via Microsoft account and possibly via GitHub account as well since it belongs to MS but I’m not sure.

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  • [–] 58 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    As far as I know the telemetry code isn't open-source and so is not vscode. The version installed from https://code.visualstudio.com/ is actually under a non-FOSS license and might have spooky microsoft stuff but vscodium is built directly from the source of vscode without any of that.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm a developer and I always leave telemetry on .. when it's my code I find it useful when there's a problem so it gets fixed faster. As long as it's not being used to target ads at me I'm happy to help, esp when it's free software?

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    As long as it's not being used to target ads at me

    It's Microsoft. They will gather every bit of your data they can and use it for whatever makes the most money. Which is usually personalized ads.

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