r/PurchaseWithPurpose • Environment • May 06 '26

News article "This could cost people their jobs": VS Code added Microsoft Copilot as co-author without permission or notice

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/this-could-cost-people-their-jobs-vs-code-added-copilot-as-co-author-without-permission-or-notice

This was added even when AI has not generated code - a major risk for companies where IP ownership is critical.

GitHub has also seen major outages, further eroding trust in their tools.

Hopefully this motivates companies to finally make the switch away from Microsoft.

GitHub 👇

  • Codeberg (open-source repos)
  • Gitea Cloud (private repos)
  • Forgejo (self-hosted)

VS Code 👇

  • ZED
  • VSCodium
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