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arcticfox on Nov 1, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: VS Code Roadmap 2018

> Does anyone know more about the MS spyware and how much I need to worry about it?

Actually the project is open source, so rather than FUD up the conversation:

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/master/src/vs/platf...

kgwxd on Nov 1, 2017 [–]

This line alone shows how they don't even grasp the concept of opt-in:

this._userOptIn = typeof config.userOptIn === 'undefined' ? true : config.userOptIn;

https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/blob/b0a7b57d46a2dc1bafe...

carapace on Nov 1, 2017 | [–]

Did you file a bug? I started to and then Laziness said, "But you don't even use VSCode..."

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