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by rvz 411 days ago
Exactly. From: [0]

>> I know it works as intended. Just curios why Microsoft decided to enforce this all of a sudden.

Because they can. Also...

>> Did GitHub Copilot just give up on playing fair with Cursor, admitting it's winning?

The game wasn't 'fair' to begin with and it was rigged for Microsoft to win anyway. (Cursor being based on VS Code).

If you're competing against Microsoft, expect them to race you to zero for years (extinguish) at close to no cost for them.

It is all for Cursor to lose if they continue as they are and competitors like Microsoft catch up (and they will do so very quickly whilst lowering prices).

[0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dotnettools/issues/1909#...