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"This could cost people their jobs": VS Code added Copilot as co-author without permission or notice (www.windowscentral.com)
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[–] uenticx@lemmy.world 48 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Shameless plug for codium: https://vscodium.com/

[–] placebo@piefed.zip 13 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Afaik, they only remove telemetry and branding. Although they are lagging behind a little, so this change didn't reach vscodium: https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2823

[–] muntedcrocodile@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 hour ago

Copilot is part of the github extension I believe not base vscode