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Emayeah: cleaned up text, added chromium/chrome analogy and fixed grammar

2026-03-18T11:32:46Z

cleaned up text, added chromium/chrome analogy and fixed grammar

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	'''[[wikipedia:Visual Studio Code\|Visual Studio Code]]''' is ~~an integrated development environment~~ developed by [[Microsoft]] for [[Windows]], Linux, macOS and web browsers.		'''[[wikipedia:Visual Studio Code\|Visual Studio Code]]''' is a cross platform text and code editor developed by [[Microsoft]] for [[Windows]], Linux, macOS and web browsers.

	==Consumer impact summary==		==Consumer impact summary==
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	===Freedom===		===Freedom===
	The ~~Source Code~~ is available on GitHub under the MIT License.		The source code is available on GitHub under the MIT License. However, the binaries published by Microsoft are licensed under the proprietary "Microsoft Software License" and ships with closed-source modifications, similar to how [[Google]] ships [[Chromium]], their open source browser and [[Chrome]], their flagship, proprietary browser built on top of Chromium but with various closed source modifications.

	~~However~~, ~~the binaries published by Microsoft are proprietary under the "Microsoft Software License" and ships with closed-source modifications.~~		Alternative, fully open source forks exist, such as [https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium].

	~~Alternate~~ fully open source forks ~~exists like~~ [https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium].

	===Market Control===		===Market Control===
	Visual Studio Code (Also known as VS Code) is widely used upon. with over 50 million developers using it as of May 15th, 2025<ref>https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251221194419/https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code Archived])</ref>~~, But the control varies,~~ Due to the software being open-source, ~~Users~~ may switch to other forks, such as ~~previously mentioned '~~[https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium]~~', If~~ they are not happy with Visual Studio Code's features.		Visual Studio Code (Also known as VS Code) is widely used upon, with over 50 million developers using it as of May 15th, 2025.<ref>https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251221194419/https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code Archived])</ref> Due to the software being open source, users may switch to other forks such as [https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium] if they are not happy with Visual Studio Code's features.

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==
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	===Blocking extensions for third-party forks===		===Blocking extensions for third-party forks===
	In April 2025, Microsoft pushed an update to the "C/C++" extension for Visual Studio Code that introduced functionality ~~to entirely~~ disable the extension ~~under the condition~~ that it was running inside of a third-party fork of the editor<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Claburn \|first=Thomas \|date=2025-04-24 \|title=Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks \|url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260218105824/https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/ \|archive-date=18 Feb 2026\|work=The Register}}</ref>, displaying an error that says:		In April 2025, Microsoft pushed an update to the "C/C++" extension for Visual Studio Code (an extension that adds functionality such as better syntax highlighting) that introduced functionality that would intentionally disable the extension if it detected that it was running inside of a third-party fork of the editor,<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Claburn \|first=Thomas \|date=2025-04-24 \|title=Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks \|url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260218105824/https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/ \|archive-date=18 Feb 2026\|work=The Register}}</ref> displaying an error message that says:

	<span lang="en" dir="ltr">"The C/C++ extension may be used only with Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, and successor Microsoft products and services to develop and test your applications."</span><ref>{{Cite web \|title=VSCodium issues \|url=https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405162831/https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-date=5 Apr 2025 \|website="Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears to no longer support unofficial forks of VS Code"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Cursor issues \|url=https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625115317/https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-date=25 Jun 2025 \|website="Has the VSCode C/C++ Extension been blocked?"}}</ref>		<span lang="en" dir="ltr">"The C/C++ extension may be used only with Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, and successor Microsoft products and services to develop and test your applications."</span><ref>{{Cite web \|title=VSCodium issues \|url=https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405162831/https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-date=5 Apr 2025 \|website="Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears to no longer support unofficial forks of VS Code"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Cursor issues \|url=https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625115317/https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-date=25 Jun 2025 \|website="Has the VSCode C/C++ Extension been blocked?"}}</ref>

Bananabot: Added archive URLs for 1 citation(s) using CRWCitationBot

2026-02-23T13:14:21Z

Added archive URLs for 1 citation(s) using CRWCitationBot

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	===Market Control===		===Market Control===
	Visual Studio Code (Also known as VS Code) is widely used upon. with over 50 million developers using it as of May 15th, 2025<ref>https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code</ref>, But the control varies, Due to the software being open-source, Users may switch to other forks, such as previously mentioned '[https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium]', If they are not happy with Visual Studio Code's features.		Visual Studio Code (Also known as VS Code) is widely used upon. with over 50 million developers using it as of May 15th, 2025<ref>https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code ([http://web.archive.org/web/20251221194419/https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code Archived])</ref>, But the control varies, Due to the software being open-source, Users may switch to other forks, such as previously mentioned '[https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium]', If they are not happy with Visual Studio Code's features.

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

Bananabot: Re-archived 1 citation(s) from archive.today to web.archive.org using CRWCitationBot

2026-02-22T23:27:36Z

Re-archived 1 citation(s) from archive.today to web.archive.org using CRWCitationBot

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	===Blocking extensions for third-party forks===		===Blocking extensions for third-party forks===
	In April 2025, Microsoft pushed an update to the "C/C++" extension for Visual Studio Code that introduced functionality to entirely disable the extension under the condition that it was running inside of a third-party fork of the editor<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Claburn \|first=Thomas \|date=2025-04-24 \|title=Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks \|url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://~~archive~~.ph/~~8SLdN~~ \|archive-date=~~25 Apr 2025~~ \|work=The Register}}</ref>, displaying an error that says:		In April 2025, Microsoft pushed an update to the "C/C++" extension for Visual Studio Code that introduced functionality to entirely disable the extension under the condition that it was running inside of a third-party fork of the editor<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Claburn \|first=Thomas \|date=2025-04-24 \|title=Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks \|url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20260218105824/https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/ \|archive-date=18 Feb 2026\|work=The Register}}</ref>, displaying an error that says:

	<span lang="en" dir="ltr">"The C/C++ extension may be used only with Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, and successor Microsoft products and services to develop and test your applications."</span><ref>{{Cite web \|title=VSCodium issues \|url=https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405162831/https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-date=5 Apr 2025 \|website="Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears to no longer support unofficial forks of VS Code"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Cursor issues \|url=https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625115317/https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-date=25 Jun 2025 \|website="Has the VSCode C/C++ Extension been blocked?"}}</ref>		<span lang="en" dir="ltr">"The C/C++ extension may be used only with Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, and successor Microsoft products and services to develop and test your applications."</span><ref>{{Cite web \|title=VSCodium issues \|url=https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405162831/https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-date=5 Apr 2025 \|website="Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears to no longer support unofficial forks of VS Code"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Cursor issues \|url=https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625115317/https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-date=25 Jun 2025 \|website="Has the VSCode C/C++ Extension been blocked?"}}</ref>

Noewaeda: Fix typo

2026-02-05T04:07:29Z

Fix typo

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	===Market Control===		===Market Control===
	Visual Studio Code (Also known as VS Code) is widely used upon. with over 50 million ~~develoupers~~ using it as of May 15th, 2025<ref>https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code</ref>, But the control varies, Due to the software being open-source, Users may switch to other forks, such as previously mentioned '[https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium]', If they are not happy with Visual Studio Code's features.		Visual Studio Code (Also known as VS Code) is widely used upon. with over 50 million developers using it as of May 15th, 2025<ref>https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code</ref>, But the control varies, Due to the software being open-source, Users may switch to other forks, such as previously mentioned '[https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium]', If they are not happy with Visual Studio Code's features.

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

Cabaron: tweaked 'Market Control' to a suggestion

2026-01-29T15:42:11Z

tweaked 'Market Control' to a suggestion

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	{{Ph-C-CIS}}		{{Ph-C-CIS}}

	=== Freedom ===		===Freedom===
	The Source Code is available on GitHub under the MIT License.		The Source Code is available on GitHub under the MIT License.

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	Alternate fully open source forks exists like [https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium].		Alternate fully open source forks exists like [https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium].

	=== Market Control ===		===Market Control===
	Visual Studio Code (Also known as VS Code) is widely used upon. with over 50 million develoupers using it as of May 15th, 2025<ref>https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code</ref>, But the control varies, Due to the software being open-source, Users may switch to other forks such as previously mentioned '[https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium]': If they are not happy with Visual Studio Code's features.		Visual Studio Code (Also known as VS Code) is widely used upon. with over 50 million develoupers using it as of May 15th, 2025<ref>https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code</ref>, But the control varies, Due to the software being open-source, Users may switch to other forks, such as previously mentioned '[https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium]', If they are not happy with Visual Studio Code's features.

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

Cabaron: /* Freedom */ I forgot to save and I don't exactly know what I did.

2026-01-29T15:39:53Z

Freedom: I forgot to save and I don't exactly know what I did.

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	==Consumer impact summary==		==Consumer impact summary==
	{{Ph-C-CIS}}		{{Ph-C-CIS}}
	====Freedom====
			=== Freedom ===
	The Source Code is available on GitHub under the MIT License.		The Source Code is available on GitHub under the MIT License.

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	Alternate fully open source forks exists like [https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium].		Alternate fully open source forks exists like [https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium].

			=== Market Control ===
			Visual Studio Code (Also known as VS Code) is widely used upon. with over 50 million develoupers using it as of May 15th, 2025<ref>https://developer.microsoft.com/blog/celebrating-50-million-developers-the-journey-of-visual-studio-and-visual-studio-code</ref>, But the control varies, Due to the software being open-source, Users may switch to other forks such as previously mentioned '[https://vscodium.com/ VS Codium]': If they are not happy with Visual Studio Code's features.

	==Incidents==		==Incidents==

SinexTitan: logo changed to SVG

2026-01-17T15:33:42Z

logo changed to SVG

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	\|Category=Software		\|Category=Software
	\|Website=https://code.visualstudio.com		\|Website=https://code.visualstudio.com
	\|Logo=Visual~~-studio-code~~.~~png~~}}		\|Logo=Visual Studio Code logo.svg}}

	'''[[wikipedia:Visual Studio Code\|Visual Studio Code]]''' is an integrated development environment developed by [[Microsoft]] for [[Windows]], Linux, macOS and web browsers.		'''[[wikipedia:Visual Studio Code\|Visual Studio Code]]''' is an integrated development environment developed by [[Microsoft]] for [[Windows]], Linux, macOS and web browsers.

Trinity: Added archived reference links

2026-01-07T20:49:15Z

Added archived reference links

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	===Telemetry enabled by default===		===Telemetry enabled by default===
	Microsoft's proprietary build sends telemetry data by default<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Telemetry \|url=https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/telemetry \|url-status=live \|website=VS Code Documentation}}</ref> which goes under [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement Microsoft's Privacy Statement]. It has to be disabled manually by setting <code>telemetry.telemetryLevel</code> to <code>off</code> in the user settings.		Microsoft's proprietary build sends telemetry data by default<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Telemetry \|url=https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/telemetry \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251219092557/https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/configure/telemetry \|archive-date=19 Dec 2025 \|website=VS Code Documentation}}</ref> which goes under [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy/privacystatement Microsoft's Privacy Statement]. It has to be disabled manually by setting <code>telemetry.telemetryLevel</code> to <code>off</code> in the user settings.

	===Blocking extensions for third-party forks===		===Blocking extensions for third-party forks===
	In April 2025, Microsoft pushed an update to the "C/C++" extension for Visual Studio Code that introduced functionality to entirely disable the extension under the condition that it was running inside of a third-party fork of the editor<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Claburn \|first=Thomas \|date=2025-04-24 \|title=Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks \|url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/ \|url-status=live \|work=The Register}}</ref>, displaying an error that says:		In April 2025, Microsoft pushed an update to the "C/C++" extension for Visual Studio Code that introduced functionality to entirely disable the extension under the condition that it was running inside of a third-party fork of the editor<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Claburn \|first=Thomas \|date=2025-04-24 \|title=Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks \|url=https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/24/microsoft_vs_code_subtracts_cc_extension/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.ph/8SLdN \|archive-date=25 Apr 2025 \|work=The Register}}</ref>, displaying an error that says:

	<span lang="en" dir="ltr">"The C/C++ extension may be used only with Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, and successor Microsoft products and services to develop and test your applications."</span><ref>{{Cite web \|title=VSCodium issues \|url=https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|website="Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears to no longer support unofficial forks of VS Code"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Cursor issues \|url=https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|website="Has the VSCode C/C++ Extension been blocked?"}}</ref>		<span lang="en" dir="ltr">"The C/C++ extension may be used only with Microsoft Visual Studio, Visual Studio for Mac, Visual Studio Code, Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server, and successor Microsoft products and services to develop and test your applications."</span><ref>{{Cite web \|title=VSCodium issues \|url=https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405162831/https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/issues/2300 \|archive-date=5 Apr 2025 \|website="Microsoft C/C++ Extension appears to no longer support unofficial forks of VS Code"}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Cursor issues \|url=https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625115317/https://github.com/cursor/cursor/issues/2976 \|archive-date=25 Jun 2025 \|website="Has the VSCode C/C++ Extension been blocked?"}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

Rudxain: move MS link to intro; link Windows

2025-11-11T06:28:38Z

move MS link to intro; link Windows

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	\|Logo=Visual-studio-code.png}}		\|Logo=Visual-studio-code.png}}

	'''[[wikipedia:Visual Studio Code\|Visual Studio Code]]''' is an integrated development environment developed by Microsoft for Windows, Linux, macOS and web browsers.		'''[[wikipedia:Visual Studio Code\|Visual Studio Code]]''' is an integrated development environment developed by [[Microsoft]] for [[Windows]], Linux, macOS and web browsers.

	==Consumer impact summary==		==Consumer impact summary==
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	==See also==		==See also==

	*~~[[Microsoft]]~~		*

	==References==		==References==
	<references />		<references />
	[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]

Drakeula: /* See also */ remove redirected link

2025-11-06T06:35:42Z

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	*[[Microsoft]]		*[[Microsoft]]
	*[[Microsoft's anticompetitive practices]]

	==References==		==References==
	<references />		<references />
	[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]		[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]