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Visual Studio Code is designed to fracture (ghuntley.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/programming

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In this blog post, we explore the ecosystem of open-source forks, revisit the story so far with how Microsoft has been transforming from products to services, go deep into why the Visual Studio Code ecosystem is designed to fracture, and the legal implications of this design then discuss future problems faced by the software development ecosystem if our industry continues as-is on the current path...

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[–] 0x0 1 points 1 year ago

That's not enshitification, that's Embrace-Extend-Extinguish and it predates Cory Doctorow's ego.