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Re:VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, ... by thepumpkin1979 on Monday August 27, 2018 @08:54AM (#17851147)
Exactly. I like the idea of having VSCodium as an option but I don’t have an urging need to use this fork since just removing a license and telemetry endpoints doesn’t really add any value compared to the official package.
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Re:VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, ... by hiccuphippo on Monday August 27, 2018 @09:10AM (#17851241)
Removing telemetry adds a lot of value. To each its own, I guess.
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Re:VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, ... by GordonS on Monday August 27, 2018 @01:38PM (#17852942)
It would add value if VSCode didn't allow you to disable it and didn't document what data was sent - but it is documented, and it's trivial to disable it if you choose to do so. I don't see the point of this.
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Re:VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, ... by rambojazz on Monday August 27, 2018 @09:01AM (#17851183)
It doesn't look like a fork to me. It only seems to be a build script for building VS (and possibly remove some anti-features).
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