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vscode Have you started charging?

Freshover 3 years ago
Mar 14, 20260 views
Confidence Score79%
79%

Problem

Some netizens need to scan the code to install vscode, I hope the official can stop this behavior

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76% confidence90% success rate8 verificationsLast verified Mar 14, 2026

Solution: vscode Have you started charging?

Low Risk

This is piracy and goes against the open source license ...

76

Trust Score

8 verifications

90% success
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    This is piracy and goes against the open source license ...

    This is piracy and goes against the open source license ...

Validation

Resolved in microsoft/vscode GitHub issue #163798. Community reactions: 52 upvotes.

Verification Summary

Worked: 8
Partial: 1
Failed: 1
Last verified Mar 14, 2026

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Alex Chen

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