Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first

Re:Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first by hsn915 on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @10:16PM (#44968420)

CA means: this is not just a hobby project, it's a business, and we want to retain the power to make business decisions as we see fit.

I don't like the term "rug-pull". It's misleading.

If you have an open source version of Zed today, you can keep it forever, even if future versions switch to closed source or some source-available only model.

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Re:Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first by jeremyjh on Wednesday August 20, 2025 @10:53PM (#44968624)

If you build a product and a community around a certain set of values, and then you completely swap value systems its a rug pull. They build a user base by offering something they don't intend to continue offering. What the fuck else do you want to call it?

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Re:Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first by hsn915 on Friday August 22, 2025 @11:03AM (#44985505)

If someone offers you free stuff for a while, then stops offering it, you should show gratitude for having the privilege of receiving the fruit of their work for free.

You should show gratitude, not hostility.

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Re:Zedless: Zed fork focused on privacy and being local-first by jeremyjh on Friday August 22, 2025 @01:34PM (#44987304)

I agree with that, but it’s also fine for us to be skeptical of products that are clearly headed down that path, and recommend people not use them. That is what we are discussing here.

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