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by BjoernKW 1560 days ago
This is not about “countries we don’t like” or petty political or ideological squabbles but rather a very real, current situation.

Whether or not to continue to support a company that arguably pays significant taxes into the - only very slightly figurative - war chest of a country actively waging war right now, is a valid question.

Then, there’s the nasty aspect of Russian intelligence agencies figuring out (or having already done so) that with a widely used IDE product they have a valuable asset at their disposal.