Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains

Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by 5e92cb50239222b on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:19AM (#29378164)

  > And why does it matter that it's not open source?

I honestly find this question really weird. Do we really have to explain such basic things nowadays? It may not be important to you, it is extremely important to me, and (apparently) xyproto.

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Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by fxtentacle on Monday November 29, 2021 @05:23AM (#29378182)

And that's why you're not using Windows, Mac, Android, or iOS, but only Linux, correct?

Mostly people want open source but they'll happily abandon it for convenience. That's how Gmail won over Dovecot.

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Re:Fleet, a Lightweight IDE from JetBrains by esrh on Monday November 29, 2021 @06:09AM (#29378450)

That's exactly why, free/open source enthusiasts are just the minority type to prefer freedom or privacy over convenience.

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