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This has often drawn similarities to a slot machine, the way it is not deterministic what code will come out, and what changes to which files will be made.
On the other hand, I think MS are pretty much cloning the good stuff from Cursor, like agent mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dutyOc_cAEU
Leaves me thinking VS Code might be the best in the long long run, but for now they're all kinda similar?
Maybe Cursor/Windsurf could've just been plugins? Only Zed.ai seems really different of the popular IDEs
absolutely, it's all designed to be addictive
‘Paywall’ → called ‘Partner Programme’
Double negatives → weird phrases like 'To make your post unmetered, deselect the checkbox'
Paywall is Opt-in by default: The option to log in is checked by default, meaning you actively have to say no to earning money when unchecking it.
They were a major offender in this post i wrote:'Dark Patterns in UI Copy' https://prototypr.io/post/we-value-your-privacy-at-about-0-5... (need to replace dark patterns with 'deceptive patterns')
Thanks for sharing, and hope more people are thinking about this, it's not fair for the web
Or do I just install the s3 package and do it like an express server?