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Re:The Era of Visual Studio Code by bostonvaulter2 on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @07:35PM (#24561289)
> I'm curious how Microsoft could make certain parts exclusive to its own build of VSCode.

By packaging it as an extension that isn't licensed like the rest of VSCode.

Also on a related note, if you're using an open source build of VSCode (such as VSCodium) then you cannot use marketplace.visualstudio.com/

https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium#extensions-and-the-mark...

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Re:The Era of Visual Studio Code by nnt38 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:17AM (#24565206)
You absolutely CAN use marketplace.visualstudio.com, you just have to break ToS.
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