I used to use Atom as my primary code editor, and it was really easy to disable telemetry in it (just two clicks). Now that Atom is no longer supported, I decided on using VSCode or VSCodium. However, I don’t really know which one to choose.
- How much privacy am I losing? I also use Pycharm for Python most of the time, so I am wondering which would be the less privacy invasive one.
- I also heard that VSCode still sends telemetry, is that true (in the sense that it is sending more than a “no telemetry” flag)?
- Also, is it possible to make vscode.dev run without telemetry?
- Will VSCodium support C++ and CMake with compilation, or will I need to use VSCode for that?
(I know there is a “Code - OSS”, but I just need to know about VSCode and VSCodium)
VSCodium is fully libre unlike regular VSCode.
yes. but vim is even better
Not much to gain except more privacy and fully open source. A downside is there are less extensions available since it gets extensions from Open VSX Registry. Also there are extensions out there that are not good for privacy.
I still think VSCodium is worth it however.
You can use the official extension repo with vscodium. You just have to edit the editors file accordingly. I dont have the link right now, but it should be easy to find.
I was not aware of this.
