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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Just like opting out of using a Microsoft account to log into windows, the grips will get tighter and tighter over time until you are forced to use butt hole ID to unlock your screen.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 6 hours ago

While I very much dislike that too, it's very easy to opt out. Just use Windows Pro, Enterprise, or education.

[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 45 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Me too... well using linux is technically opting out to that right?

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's the only way to be sure Microsoft won't sneakily turn it back on.

[–] cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At least until they sneak it into VS Code's telemetry. ...only sort of joking.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] echodot@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I spent a couple of weeks trying to get used to vim and in the end I just figured that whatever performance boost I'm supposed to get by not having a UI, I lose by having to learn vim.

People who use it need to be on some kind of government watch list.

[–] Badabinski@kbin.earth 1 points 1 day ago

pls watchlist me

That's fair though. I mostly made my comment to be irritating/silly. Vim is not for everyone. It took me quite some time to achieve productivity gains, but I was encouraged to keep trying because I was doing a shitload of text editing over SSH. All text editors are valid, provided they're FOSS.