Nemeski@lemm.ee to Programming@programming.dev · 3か月前Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forkswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square107fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down111
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minus-squareTarqon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down7·3か月前https://ghuntley.com/fracture/ Because pretending your editor is open source while moving all the important functionality to proprietary plugins is a bait and switch.
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up76·edit-23か月前Embrace. Extend. Extinguish. Extract rent now that everyone lives in / depends on your proprietary ecosystem. I’d say they can’t keep getting away with it!, but history shows they clearly can. Literally monopolist strategy 101.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3か月前This was all people were talking about when they bought GitHub. We’ve past the “Extend” stage now.
minus-squareEyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3か月前One that’s worked for Microsoft many times before (docx, for example). Its their favorite loophole.
https://ghuntley.com/fracture/ Because pretending your editor is open source while moving all the important functionality to proprietary plugins is a bait and switch.
Embrace.
Extend.
Extinguish. Extract rent now that everyone lives in / depends on your proprietary ecosystem.I’d say they can’t keep getting away with it!, but history shows they clearly can.
Literally monopolist strategy 101.
This was all people were talking about when they bought GitHub. We’ve past the “Extend” stage now.
One that’s worked for Microsoft many times before (docx, for example). Its their favorite loophole.