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		anaisbetts on Aug 4, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The best Parts of Visual Studio Code are proprieta... I mean, if you don't like that then you probably shouldn't be using Google Chrome because it has similarly proprietary bits (geolocation, translation are a few examples, but there are afaik ~30-50). Firefox most likely does as well.

dependenttypes on Aug 4, 2020 | [–]

I think that most linux distros package chromium instead of Chrome for this reason.

diffeomorphism on Aug 4, 2020 | [–]

If you don't know, you shouldn't throw accusations.

Also at least for firefox and chromium (but not chrome) you can look at the source.

anaisbetts on Aug 7, 2020 | [–]

I absolutely Do Know

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