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Re:Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging... by queenkjuul on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @10:37AM (#48571166)
> Plenty of products that people use every day at home or in work - Google search, Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Jira, and more

Most egregiously: VSCode.

No, i absolutely never in my life will want Copilot to summarize anything for me and yet guess what button appeared in the UI and i accidentally clicked on last night....

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Re:Sixty percent of US consumers say 'AI' in brand messaging... by nativeit on Wednesday June 17, 2026 @11:55AM (#48572258)
VSCodium was better on this front last time I tried it, and since Microsoft seems intent on allowing the Extensions to be a wildly insecure free-for-all, I am seeing fewer and fewer reasons to stick with the official version.
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