The new and updated data-sharing options will be released in the next couple of weeks with the upcoming 2025.2.4 update of JetBrains IDEs. Non-commercial users will get a notification about the updates in the terms of use. For holders of other types of licenses, if you never provided consent, nothing will change.
It’s genuinely impressive how the whole ecosystem of proprietary software is speedrunning enshittification at an unprecedented rate. The net is tightening, and the only escape is FOSS.
It sounds like they’re contradicting themselves in the mail they sent:
Previously we said we wouldn’t use your inputs, data, outputs, or suggestions to train AI models. This is still the case, unless you explicitly allow us to do so
(emphasis not mine)
The word explicit doesn’t IMO cover anything but informed opt-in, not opt-out of any kind.
I’m still running v2023.1 because that’s the last version before they stuffed so much AI into it that my CPU screams constantly while running it. The writing is on the wall with those guys.
this is why i stil use sublime text. it edits code with none of the bloat.
Vim.
Helix.
*nano
