Can you summarize the recent community backlash over changes to the VS Code extension marketplace terms of service?
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- Visual Studio Code FAQ · code.visualstudio.com
- Visual Studio Code FAQ · code.visualstudio.com
- VS Code extension marketplace wars: Cursor users hit roadblocks · devclass.com
- Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks · news.ycombinator.com
- Why Cursor, Windsurf and co fork VS Code, but shouldn't | Eclipse Foundation Blog · blogs.eclipse.org
- Security notice — malicious version of Anthropic.claude-code (2.1.312 and 2.1.313) identified in the Cursor VS Code Extension Marketplace · prod.cursor.com
- Cursor says up to 5,000 users affected by tampered Claude Code extension · reuters.com
- Anthropic VS code extension on Cursor backdoored for nearly 12 hours · arstechnica.com