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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by dvfjsdhgfv on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @01:48AM (#21645825)
That's very true. However, for several decades users had a bot more trust in FOSS as not betraying the user in the same way commercial apps do. Atom is abusing this trust. Just because Microsoft is doing what they want in Windows world it doesn't mean they can do the same when flirting with developers and preaching their love for FOSS.
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Re:Atom editor still phones home prior to consent dialog by sneak on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @10:39AM (#21648739)
Homebrew. Etcher. Gatsby. Atom. Syncthing.

Lots of programs are abusing user trust.

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