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0 pointsstaticelf8y ago0 comments

No but it's big differences in the projects. If Powershell would have gotten telemetry I would understand the objections.

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shakna8y ago

There is an earthshattering difference between a website, a place I go to let someone else run code, and a build tool I use to run code I write.

staticelfOP8y ago

What? You run the code in the browser when it comes to javascript just as you run the .NET SDK. The difference is that the .NET SDK tell you that they send telemetry, how to disable it and what they store are not really any sensitive information. Most websites run code with the sole purpose of identifying you.

shakna8y ago

JS engines are supposed to be sandboxed, and have limited APIs to draw from. Unless you use a jail, a local application can do just about anything.

The difference is expectation. I expect websites to run things I don't control. I expect a local application to behave in a certain way.

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shakna8y ago

There is an earthshattering difference between a website, a place I go to let someone else run code, and a build tool I use to run code I write.

staticelfOP8y ago

shakna8y ago

JS engines are supposed to be sandboxed, and have limited APIs to draw from. Unless you use a jail, a local application can do just about anything.

The difference is expectation. I expect websites to run things I don't control. I expect a local application to behave in a certain way.

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