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Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by make3 on Sunday May 03, 2026 @02:13PM (#47999743)
don't call it a bug, they were intentionally aggressively pushing marketing copy into people's commits.

this was malice or greed

Re:VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits r... by saghm on Monday May 04, 2026 @02:49PM (#48013161)
I think so too, but my point is that even according to their own words about what happened, the best possible interpretation is that they didn't mean to do it but knowingly let it happen. I agree that a worse version is more likely, but it's pretty damning when even the ceiling for what they can plausibly claim is "we intentionally didn't bother stopping it once it happened accidentally".