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Re:Microsoft degrades functionality of perpetually-licensed ... by jayceekay on Sunday May 31, 2026 @12:59AM (#48343165)
They said cottage industry, not software industry.

Edit: s/he/they/woops sorry

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Re:Microsoft degrades functionality of perpetually-licensed ... by emodendroket on Sunday May 31, 2026 @01:07AM (#48343195)
OK but is that even true? Lots of people buy IntelliJ licenses (or if they've stopped I'm guessing it has more to do with Claude Code than VS Code).
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Re:Microsoft degrades functionality of perpetually-licensed ... by pmontra on Sunday May 31, 2026 @02:49AM (#48343585)
By the way, Claude Code works well from inside emacs.
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