Comment by ShamelessC
2 years ago
It’s a fork of VS Code? I guess it’s tougher to monetize an extension?
edit: <ignoreme>Also why is it Mac only if VS Code supports all three OS?</ignoreme>
2 years ago
It’s a fork of VS Code? I guess it’s tougher to monetize an extension?
edit: <ignoreme>Also why is it Mac only if VS Code supports all three OS?</ignoreme>
(One of the Cursor devs here)
We forked VSCode because we wanted to change the UI in ways Microsoft wouldn't allow (e.g. our Cmd-K isn't possible as a VSC plugin; Microsoft is building their own version and isn't letting plugins use it)
Indeed I can't see the point of shipping the "AI first" feature as a whole editor. It seems to me that it should be a feature of any editor, or else I'd like to be convinced by arguments less marketing oriented than those I see on the home page.
It's likely that they changed the UI in a way that stock VSCode does not allow. Extensions can't modify everything.
On the website: "Cursor is a fork of VSCode"
I'm aware. It was meant to convey a tone of confusion - not as a literal question.
Easier to monetize but more effort spent in keeping up with upstream. Good for extracting money from dumb VCs, bad for users.
I see download options for windows, linux, and mac.
Seems they did some user agent detection. Whoops! Shallow criticism on my end.
Fair call I think, just because I'm on platform A should not preclude me from knowing about cross-platform availability.
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It appears to have windows support also?
It does. It prompts me to download for Windows.