Re:VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS...
by danieldk on Friday June 03, 2022 @10:03AM
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I think that is somewhat naive. The general approach of big tech has been: let's just break the rules until we get a slap on the wrist. It's not like privacy authorities are going to charge them with 4% of the annual turnover the first time. Besides that, they probably have bigger fish to fry than some program that is used by a tiny subset of the general population.
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Re:VSCodium – Free/Libre Open Source Software Binaries of VS...
by eterevsky on Saturday June 04, 2022 @02:59AM
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As someone working in big tech, this is very far from truth. In any questionable case there are endless legal and privacy reviews that catch 99% of possible transgressions. What you see is the 1% that slipped through this process.
> Besides that, they probably have bigger fish to fry than some program that is used by a tiny subset of the general population.
That's exactly the reason why MS would be on the safe side and not break any laws in this case. They could be a bit more daring if it benefitted them, but in this case there's literally no benefit except improving the software that they are giving out for free.