How is Microsoft earning money from VS Code?

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  • SurveyJS - Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App
  • WorkOS - The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS
  • InfluxDB - Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale
  • Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code

    Visual Studio Code isn't licensed under MIT. microsoft/vscode is licensed under MIT but a lot of other things around vscode aren't compatible with the MIT licensed version (C# extension as example) and only available for the proprietary build of vscode. This is to keep you in the MS proprietary services & ecosystem which on will often end up making money in different ways.

  • vscodium

    binary releases of VS Code without MS branding/telemetry/licensing

    You can use VS code without Microsoft telemetry , see VSCodium they publish complete working VS code binary without any Microsoft tracking/telemetry.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

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