[rcarmo]

I honestly don't see the issue here (Full disclosure: I work for Microsoft, but in professional services, not in product - and nevertheless fully expect to be downvoted to oblivion).

If these aren't finished, that most likely means that they still haven't stabilized enough to go through the full support and release pipeline--that usually means documenting them, publishing a couple of reference development samples, doing a public announcement, i.e., the full nine yards of fostering adoption of the product feature.

Which you typically will only do once the "preview" is stable and flexible enough to pass muster.

I mean, it's not as if there isn't a huge API surface for the editor (the sample extensions repo is huge - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-extension-samples), and there are already samples out there to extend the Copilot functionality: https://github.com/joyceerhl/vscode-mssql-chat (I wrote my own based off this one for a personal project)

So maybe consider that those things just take time to build out fully before assuming the worst?

[zb3]

This doesn't affect the fact that it's anticompetitive at all. MS wouldn't use this argument if that made their extension worse, it only works one way.

[rcarmo]

Yep, downvoted to oblivion alright. Took all of five minutes, and doesn't reflect at all well on radical HN folk's ability to empathize with people working hard to ship actual product.

[Sakos]

You working hard doesn't change the facts. Velocity doesn't excuse anti-competitive behavior. I would've thought the DoJ case against Microsoft would've taught you that you can't just do whatever you want because it's convenient for you, especially when it has an effect on your competitors.

This isn't about feelings. This is about a multi-billion dollar corporation doing whatever it wants, yet again, to the detriment of other players in the market. Empathy doesn't have a place here.

It really is tiring to see people who earn hundreds of thousands a year crying about a lack of empathy. What a joke.

[rcarmo]

Why are you making this personal? Do you know me? Do you know where I live, or how much I really earn?

(Spoilers: One of the ass-ends of Europe, not that much - _certainly_ not anywhere near what my US counterparts earn, even "adjusted" to local terms)

Or do you hate Microsoft so much that you think that frees you from, you know, having basic human decency?

I suppose you've found this to be great excuse to go on a crusade and avoid having a civil discussion with another person (and, to be honest, insulting them in the process). Bravo.

[prewett]

Your "HN folk's ability to empathize with people working hard" made it personal...