Just checking for clarity: like me you agree with KyeRussell's preference not to interact with people who can't cope with different people preferring different editors (and other environment features).

Though the complaint that poster replied to was more about stalky telemetry than editor/IDE features, rather than actual editing features.

The original comment had a valid (but unpopular) opinion on VSCode - that it's a "privacy nightmare OSS trojan horse". They complained that "why people [use it] is beyond [them]", which is probably an exaggeration, as it's obvious that people use it for convenience. But still, it's a valid opinion, a little bit too idealistic for most people, but valid.

Then, there's this boss man dude who is using the business-equivalent of the female shaming strategy of denial-by-proxy - just instead of saying "I can't imagine dating someone who X", they say "I can't imagine hiring someone who X". It's the same strategy - they pretend they're the representative of all hiring managers and bosses of the world, and imply that if you have such opinions, you will never be hired, and therefore are trash and deserve to starve.

I just don't like that kind of attitude.

They are the same attitude, different words

No, they're not.

The former is saying that VSCode is a privacy nightmare, which is true. The latter is saying if you think VSCode is a privacy nightmare, nobody will hire you, which is false.

Actually, the latter is not even that - it's just an insult: "I can't imagine wanting to hire or even work with someone that said this with even a remotely straight face".

There is a different between having a different opinion, and rubbing it in your face when nobody asked for it. This is more about relevant social behavior, which is important for a job, than the rights someone has outside their job.

> There is a different between having a different opinion, and rubbing it in your face when nobody asked for it.

Right. Because someone forced you to read comments on HN, Clockwork Orange style?