VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
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Re: VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
#2I had no idea VS Code even had tracking..
Does anyone know what exactly is being tracked?
Re: VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
#3Is this needed? You can disable telemetry from the settings: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/FAQ#_how-to-di...
Re: VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
#4I had no idea VS Code even had tracking.. Does anyone know what exactly is being tracked?
I might be mistaken, but I think it's for analytics on how the editor is used.
Re: VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
#5I had no idea VS Code even had tracking.. Does anyone know what exactly is being tracked?
Chris Dias offers up a suggestion for how to investigate further here: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/60#issuecomment-1...
But, speaking as a developer of an open source software product that includes telemetry[1], I expect they're tracking really basic stuff, like: DAU, MAU, edited file types, project size, crash reports, etc. Basically, information that helps to internally justify the continued existence of the project, and data that lets them better prioritize resources on the project.
Re: VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
#6Would've been good if it detailed what its tracking. I assume its update notifications and usage telemetry, which is fine by me.
Re: VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
#7I suspect the tracking in VSCode is mainly used to improve the product. It's probably in my best interest, and the interest of the community as a whole to leave tracking on. I mean, I get it, HN is usually a more skeptical and security-focused crowd. At the same time, it's likely MS will just take that information and tailor their bugfixes and features to the things I need most, so by all means I want them to have it.
Re: VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
#8Is this needed? You can disable telemetry from the settings: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/supporting/FAQ#_how-to-di...
And it's possible to opt out on install... It's not like hidden or anything
Re: VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
#9Discussion from 3 days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19619956
Re: VSCodium – An Open Source Visual Studio Code Without Trackers
#10This is awesome, it's a lot faster than VSCode. I can now use a low end machine to code finally haha. No need for 12GB Ram notebooks anymore.