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From their FAQ:

    Will Fleet replace any existing JetBrains IDEs?
    
    No, it will not. We are fully committed to continuing active development of our IntelliJ-based IDEs. With Fleet, we’re aiming to offer an alternative view on how an IDE can be organized, and this is impossible to implement within our current product line without going against the expectations of developers currently using those other IDEs. This means Fleet will co-exist with our established products.
    
    Additionally, Fleet heavily relies on the IntelliJ code-processing engine for its smart code-editing features, such as project-aware and context-aware code completion, navigation to definitions and usages, refactorings, on-the-fly code quality checks, and quick-fixes.

This is something else:

    While Fleet is a new product representing our attempt to rebuild the entire IDE from scratch, the new UI is a redesign of the existing JetBrains IDE product line.

~ https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2022/05/take-part-in-the-new...

> This means Fleet will co-exist with our established products

This means it will take resources away from the development of the established products. You cannot have the cake and eat it.

Fleet has been in development for multiple years. It has already "taken away" dev resource. It is not my our job to micro manage their dev resources.

You can vote with your wallet though.

  > It is not my our job to micro manage their dev resources.

But my job does include heavy use of their tools. And I have dozens of bugs filed on the Jetbrains IDEs - some minor but some major. So in fact their allocation of dev resources does affect my ability to do my job, even if I'm not in charge of allocating their resources.

100x

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