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VS Code – What's the deal with the telemetry?

VS Code - What’s the deal with the telemetry?.
VS Code collects telemetry data to help understand Microsoft how to improve the product. Is it above board? Can I turn it off completely?

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Hallski

Sadly in line with every other piece of software these days. Got to get that data!

In this case there are great alternatives in Vim or Emacs though.

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AstonJ

Good luck with that

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AstonJ

Yup! It’s also one of the reasons I still love TextMate - it only ever wants to connect when you are doing something that requires a connection (which I very rare with TextMate anyway).

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