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A comment on VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, telemetry and licensing. Parent comment

Re:VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, ... by ekianjo on Monday August 27, 2018 @10:00AM (#17851510)
Telemetry should not be on by default without express user consent.
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Re:VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, ... by ectospheno on Monday August 27, 2018 @12:19PM (#17852355)
It is only without express user consent for those who enter into contracts without reading them. Assuming you aren't one of those people then you consented.
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Re:VSCodium: Binary releases of VSCode without MS branding, ... by scbrg on Monday August 27, 2018 @02:22PM (#17853208)
What do you mean? Just to see what you were talking about, I downloaded VSCode from their official website, installed and started it. At no point was I (to their credit) presented with a "contract".

OTOH, there was (again, to their credit), a notification when I started the software about how to disable telemetry.

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