[jolan]

If you want to send as little data as possible to Microsoft there are other settings to consider:

        "telemetry.enableCrashReporter": false,
        "code-runner.enableAppInsights": false,
        "update.channel": "none",
        "extensions.autoUpdate": false,
        "extensions.ignoreRecommendations": true,
        "workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch": false

[redwards510]

Your list is incomplete. From the most recent VSCode changelog @ https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_26#_offline-mode:

Offline mode

Some users do not want any outgoing network requests from VS Code unless they specifically invoke features that require online access. To support this offline mode, we have added new settings to turn off features such as automatic extension update checking, querying settings for A/B experiments, and fetching of online data for auto-completions.

Below is the complete list of settings to control VS Code features that make network requests:

  update.channel
  update.showReleaseNotes
  extensions.autoupdate
  extensions.autocheckUpdates
  extensions.showRecommendationsOnlyOnDemand
  workbench.settings.enableNaturalLanguageSearch
  workbench.enableExperiments
  telemetry.enableTelemetry
  telemetry.enableCrashReporter
  git.autofetch
  npm.fetchOnlinePackageInfo

[codedokode]

What stops Microsoft from adding new settings tomorrow?

[pritambaral]

Or from re-enabling disabled settings with an update, like they've done with Windows 10.

[GordonS]

They are different products, different teams, different target markets - I've been using VSCode since it was first released, and they haven't done any anything scummy in that time, or given me any reason to distrust them or their motives. All they've done is provide a great product that I love.

The VSCode team is responsive on GitHub, and are driving development based on the feedback and telemetry they receive. I really am a staunch privacy advocate, but I'm not dogmatic about it - telemetry has it's place.

It can also easily be disabled if you don't want to send it.

Honestly, I don't see the point of this 'fork'.

[fredsanford]

>> ... Honestly, I don't see the point of this 'fork'.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." -- George Santayana

https://bigthink.com/the-proverbial-skeptic/those-who-do-not...

[GordonS]

I'm actually old enough to remember Microsoft's past. But I'm not so old I'm cynical enough to think ill of their ongoing OSS efforts.