Not being able to see the source code of extensions, and having them loaded and executing remotely really ought to be a non-starter, but for some reason we find ourselves ok with this?
Maybe there are checks and balances? I really don’t know - but I certainly don’t know what they are.
I’m actively exploring alternative cross-platform editors for this and other vscode usability reasons.
Yeah, when I switched to vscode and realized what was going on, I got a bit uncomfortable.
… but I sided with convenience.
Not being able to see the source code of extensions, and having them loaded and executing remotely really ought to be a non-starter, but for some reason we find ourselves ok with this?
Maybe there are checks and balances? I really don’t know - but I certainly don’t know what they are.
I’m actively exploring alternative cross-platform editors for this and other vscode usability reasons.
I’m using VSCodium. It’s just like VSCode just without the telemetry.