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I also like sticky scroll. I actually don't mind enabling features by default, I probably wouldn't have tried sticky scroll if it wasn't automatically enabled for me because I didn't know what it is. Also I think a big reason why OSS struggles to gain popularity is that the default value for settings is always chosen to avoid disrupting existing setups so OOTB they come with a batshit config that looks a lot like the modern tool trying very hard to look like its 50 year old ancestor.
There definitely should always be an option to disable everything however, and Windows' tendency to conveniently forget user decisions that don't align with Microsoft's vision is inexcusable. -
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It's clear that we all have different preferences and that's alright. Perhaps I would love sticky scroll too if it worked the right way. As it is now, the file tree sticky scroll sticks to the first unfolded folder even when there are multiple folders unfolded, and doesn't take any account to the parent folder of the selected/highlighted file if any, thus misleading the user to believe the file one is working with is in another folder entirely. Very confusing to say the least, and it took me a while to figure it out. That's the sort of "helpful" features I'd rather reject. And in typical Microsoft manner, there isn't even a setting to disable it, but I had to look it up on the internet and add it manually to the settings file. I agree wth @lorentz. If Microsoft does want to push out features that some might find useful, while others find them annoying, they should at least have the decency to provide an easy way to opt out.
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Sticky scroll in VS Code, who ever wanted that? It's so typical of Microsoft to litter their software with undesired features enabled by default, so one needs to spend precious time to figure out how to disable all of that crap. I read somewhere that 83% of any features developed in any software are never used, or even requested by the users. This was many years ago so I don't know if it's still true, but it definitely still applies to Microsoft, who literally bloat their products with annoying stuff, and then force them upon the users, like the fucking CoPilot. Some Windows features can't even be turned off without editing the Windows registry or installing an app, and sometimes even that doesn't help. Anyone here old enough to remember the Office Assistant? Yeah, it was a predecessor to CoPilot looking like a paper-clip and behaving like a jerk. Just like with CoPilot, you could type questions and commands to it. For some reason, it couldn't be completely disabled by any normal command like "quit" or closing the window, it would always pop up again, until I told it to fuck off and it actually vanished for good.
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