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I just got an ad in VS Code by leecommamichael

I just got an ad in VS Code by leecommamichael

12 Comments

  • Post Author
    leecommamichael
    Posted April 19, 2025 at 8:02 pm

    Has anyone else had this ad recently? My tolerance for being advertised to is already low… I suppose it's time to just use neovim.

  • Post Author
    KomoD
    Posted April 19, 2025 at 8:38 pm

    Never got that, I'm guessing you have the copilot extension and that it is what is causing it

  • Post Author
    ryandrake
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 12:02 am

    Yet another “Maybe Later” anti-UI. What ever happened to “No?”

    Microsoft is like a creepy guy in a nightclub going up to every woman, asking “Do you want to dance? [Yes] [Maybe Later]”

    Their deliberate misunderstanding of user consent should be criminal.

  • Post Author
    bionhoward
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 12:06 am

    they just want to steal your whole codebase to train AI and then turn around and prohibit you from using it to code competing products or services. You know, the OpenAI/Gemini/Anthropic/xAI strategy

    What a time to be alive!

  • Post Author
    eadmund
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 12:41 am

    Just install Emacs. It respects your freedom, and it respects your rights.

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    nsonha
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 1:54 am

    How dare they put a pop-up promoting a feature of a software inside that software, like, once. Do they think they get a pass because only nagging pop-ups are considered ad?
    /s

  • Post Author
    kristopolous
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 2:16 am

    I mean there is a genuinely free tier that doesn't ask for credit cards or anything… that used to not be the case. More of an announcement than anything.

    It's pretty mild.

  • Post Author
    Apreche
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 2:42 am

    Do you have the setting `extensions.ignoreRecommendations` enabled?

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    philonoist
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 4:15 am

    Is there a uBlock Origin for VS Code?

    My work and my personal projects are deeply tied to the official extensions that neovim,helix,zed,emacs,etc. lack.

  • Post Author
    kebokyo
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 5:37 am

    Quick context questions:
    1. What were you doing right before this popped up?
    2. Was this unprompted or did you click something to make this pop up? If so, what?
    3. Have you used GitHub Copilot before?
    4. Are you signed into your GitHub account?

  • Post Author
    zzeitt
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 8:41 am

    Enough with VSCode, moved to Emacs about 2 years ago. Emacs is far more configureable and efficient than you might think. Just don't be scared by the keybindings like "C-u C-x C-f" (I personally installed evil-mode to simplify the keys).

  • Post Author
    jpeters__
    Posted April 20, 2025 at 9:49 am

    don't you need to click on the copilot icon for this to show? i'd understand the sentiment if it was a popup out of nowhere

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