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Re:Making Emacs Popular Again (2020) by warkdarrior on Thursday November 04, 2021 @02:03PM (#29110518)
> For the most part, except for the fact VSCode is owned by MS and has just enough proprietary code to break a lot of functionality if you try to use it without the proprietary bits.

That's a personal policy choice, not a technical concern.

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Re:Making Emacs Popular Again (2020) by Mikeb85 on Thursday November 04, 2021 @02:25PM (#29110769)
Let's face it, the fact it's free software is the reason it's used at all, the reason it's been hacked on by so many people, etc... It's always relevant to discuss it's free nature, especially when discussing it's popularity.
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