Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears no longer support unofficial forks of VS Code

Posted by indigodaddy on Saturday April 19, 2025 @08:44AM
from the github.com dept.

https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300

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Re:Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears no longer support unoff... by davidhyde on Saturday April 19, 2025 @09:39AM (#43736322)

A pretty good reason to switch to vscodium because monopolies, even open source ones, are never good in the long run.

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Re:Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears no longer support unoff... by fotcorn on Saturday April 19, 2025 @05:55PM (#43739787)

There are quite a few well funded companies now that use forks of VSCode: Google (IDX, now Firebase Studio), Cursor, Windsurf (especially if they are bought by OpenAI soon), GitLab etc.

An alternative marketplace already exists with open-vsx.org, but these companies need to fund the creation of alternatives for the proprietary extensions (C#, C++, Python, maybe others) that can be used by all forks.

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