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VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by xp84 »

justinclift wrote: post #242
b00ty4breakfast wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"good" is not important for software anymore, at least in the regular consumer market. Companies have discovered that people will just continue to accept subpar, unfinished and sometimes even partially-functioning software.

"accept" is such a weird word for this, though I don't know of a better one in English. What we seem to be experiencing is a combination of monopoly power/abuse, and regulatory/government/court capture to keep it in place.

Agree that acceptance is irrelevant. No one has a choice, because all the “competitors” in any given niche (phone, cloud platform, PC operating system) are executing the same play. Enshittify, extract profit from ~suckers~ customers, ignore any churn because with the limited choices available there will be new suckers to replace them.

We accept this the same way we accept the air quality wherever we are.

Yes, Linux is there, but consider the barriers to the average person of truly adopting a strict Free Software life. Consider how many things in life now simply demand for you to have an Android or iOS phone. Things as simple as parking.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by discordance »

diego_sandoval wrote: post #184
rsynnott wrote: post #26

One fascinating thing about the whole AI phenomenon is how incredibly hostile it is to _standards_. Whether something works properly, or is ethical, or is true, no longer matters at all; all that matters is "pls use our AI". Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation. And then set fire to the whole thing in an offering to their robot gods. And it's not just them. There was a time that Google care…

> Microsoft spent literal decades rehabilitating their reputation. Mmm... I think I missed that part.

Remember “Microsoft <3 Linux”

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by joohwan »

artyom wrote: post #182

To everyone who bought the "developer-friendly" Microsoft of VSCode fame from a few years ago: this is what they forever did, and forever will do. This company has been pulling these tricks since the early 90s. If you fell for this once again, there's nobody else to blame but yourself.

> If you fell for this once again, there's nobody else to blame but yourself.

We don’t need snarky comments like this, especially when the technology in question is so pervasive and takes a lot of cognitive effort to avoid. The blame lies solely with Microsoft.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by nothinkjustai »

thephyber wrote: post #213
OutOfHere wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Who is investing in NFTs today? Who is building their company using permission-less blockchain as the database? The average person still uses a bank checking account, not replacing it with a crypto account. I haven’t heard of any progress on tokens in the Governance direction. Stablecoins without a public audit trail have so far stayed relevant, but there are several which are suspiciously reminiscent of the mistakes…

NFTs are stupid. But I have a feeling as governments default on their debt and economies collapse in the next few decades cryptocurrencies will be of increasing importance.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by krainboltgreene »

thephyber wrote: post #267
krainboltgreene wrote: post #221

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Why will there always be these jobs, if the technofascists are right? They're creating enslaved sentience. Even the class traitor police want a union, fight for more pay. What's uniquely un-automate-able about those jobs in their dream future?

Never underestimate the capabilities of a desperate human.

I don't think you understood my question.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by [deleted] »

low_tech_love wrote: post #23
awesome_dude wrote: post #16

I personally don't mind if an AI inserts it's "Co-Authored by" tag into commits it has worked on - it's transparency, I used its help and it should get credit for good work, or disdain for bad. But, just inserting the tag because it's being used for git commands - there's a line there.

I’m sorry, I don’t get it: a piece of software needs credit for creating another piece of software? Like, would you credit GCC for adding optimisations to your binary?

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Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by abustamam »

artyom wrote: post #286
thiht wrote: post #265

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Ok but I’ve used VSCode for almost 10 years, got mad at this once, and disabled it instantly. This sucks, but maybe don’t overreact?

I'd like my tools to not have a time-bomb attached to them, no matter if it takes 10 years to explode. And honestly I think this case is just a perpetually clueless manager getting over-joyous with vibecoding (to the point of being marveled at changing two lines of code without blowing everything up). It's probably going to be reverted in the coming days. Which doesn't change the fact that it's a very Microsoft way o…

Yeah, a company can only be shitty and "fix" their mistakes for so long until the general public realizes that the company doesn't have its customers best interests at heart.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by logickkk1 »

flipthefrog wrote: post #75

A lot of bitching about Microsoft here, for something Claude has been doing forever. I have a git hook that rejects any commit containing the line Co-authored by Claude

I already added a pre-commit hook to strip this out. Having to defend myself from my own editor is absurd.

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by unchar1 »

dmitriv wrote: post #273
650 wrote: post #138

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A Principal Software Engineer at Microslop merged this - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmitriy-vasyura-9191611/ This is the author of the MR - https://github.com/cwebster-99 - A Product Manager at Microslop I've routinely spoken on the uselessness, and oftentimes detriment of product managers in tech. The dearth of leadership driving for vanity metrics like PMs writing code doesn't help either.

I'm here in case you have something to say to me directly.

What was the reasoning for this change?

Re: VS Code inserting 'Co-Authored-by Copilot' into commits regardless of usage

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Post by chillfox »

justinclift wrote: post #242
b00ty4breakfast wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"good" is not important for software anymore, at least in the regular consumer market. Companies have discovered that people will just continue to accept subpar, unfinished and sometimes even partially-functioning software.

"accept" is such a weird word for this, though I don't know of a better one in English. What we seem to be experiencing is a combination of monopoly power/abuse, and regulatory/government/court capture to keep it in place.

"tolerate" would be the better word to describe it
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