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Re:VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? by api on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @10:52AM (#32565754)
There are much better IDEs. Check out the Jetbrains products. If you want an editor on Mac there is also Nova:

https://nova.app

The Rust and web related extensions work pretty well. I've been using that for a while.

There are a few more around.

Re:VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? by falcolas on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:12AM (#32566070)
I use IntelliJ for $dayjob, and while I love it, it too submits telemetry. I do not know how pervasive it is, but the controls for it are not obvious in the general config window.
Re:VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? by api on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:22AM (#32566233)
The only way to really escape telemetry today is a local firewall that can block network access by application.

I would like to see some analysis of the telemetry Jetbrains sends and whether you can turn it off. It's a paid pro IDE so it wouldn't surprise me if you can really disable it because some commercial customers will not want telemetry. In high security environments it's often considered bad due to the possibility of accidentally exposing secret information.

Re:VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry? by bitwize on Tuesday August 23, 2022 @11:22AM (#32566236)
Yeah, I almost mentioned IntelliJ, as an IDE it's almost unmatched.