JetBrains will start training AI on your code on non-commercial license

It is opt-in by default for non-commercial licenses:

> For companies: Admins can enable data sharing at a company-wide level. To support early adopters, we’re offering a limited number of free All Products Pack subscriptions to organizations willing to participate while we explore this program. For companies that are not willing to opt in to the program, nothing changes, and as always, admins are in control. > For individuals on non-commercial licenses: Data sharing is enabled by default, but you can turn it off anytime in the settings. > For individuals using commercial licenses, free trials, free community licenses, or EAP builds: Nothing changes. You can still opt in via the settings if you are willing to share data with JetBrains (and your admins, if any, allow it).

And the detail of what is collected:

> We’re now adding the option to allow the collection of detailed code‑related data pertaining to IDE activity, such as edit history, terminal usage, and your interactions with AI features. This may include code snippets, prompt text, and AI responses.

Sigh. I really like PyCharm and the Jetbrains IDE experience generally, but also really wish there was more competition in the IDE market (where "IDE" = "purpose-built software development application", as opposed to "text editor with LSPs and plugins").

This is basically the subtext of the blogpost: "We know this topic can be polarizing, but we truly believe in the value this change can bring to our tools and to you" is not something you say if you have any real competition and your customers can go elsewhere. Like, where are they gonna go - Eclipse? Visual Studio? XCode?

Got this email. Not happy about it.

Having the option to opt out is quite useless if it starts harvesting your code the second it enables itself.

I've come to expect better of Jetbrains. This is pretty shitty.

EDIT: Just noticed they are deleting some negative comments from that page. Definitely shitty.

Really too bad. Rider is the best option for C# IMO. Would really like to know if vim with LSP is a good alternative.

Translation: "If you don't pay us with money, you will with your data."

How about making it opt in and you pay me for training your AI?

Is this true for the Open Source one?

And there it is.

And there it is...like clockwork. Absolutely no one saw this coming /s