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by AbsoluteCabbage 1161 days ago
If something is “free”- YOU are the product. Always ask why they want their software on your computer.
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I don't think this criticism is helpful. Why do any products have a free tier and a paid professional/business tier?

The goal is A) to get me to use it enough in personal projects that I convince my manager to pay for a business license, and B) encourage me to use more AWS API stuff (which CodeWhisperer is fine tuned on), where AWS makes the bulk of their revenue.

I have no qualms with either motivation.