Why hackers moved from Cursor to VS Code
2 hackers described this switch in public comments. Their words, with links to the originals.
What hackers said about the move
“When Cursor hijacked literally every CMD key combo, I got fed up and switched back to VSCode.”murlax, 2026-08-01original comment ↗
“switched to VS because Cursor became so annoying every release”KingOfCoders, 2026-02-13original comment ↗
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Cursor vs VS Code
| Cursor | VS Code | |
|---|---|---|
| Hackers who recommend | 6 | 8 |
| Hackers who criticize | 12 | 14 |
| Moved away from it | 6 | 15 |
| Moved to it | 3 | 6 |
Counts are distinct hackers in the sampled comments, not market share.
Criticism of Cursor
“Cursor / SpaceX will just have free rein to just train on your hosted code if you use Cursor Origin.”colesantiago, 2026-08-18original comment ↗
“you shipped an app fast with Lovable / v0 / Cursor and it works, but it looks and behaves like the AI default.”jensrusi, 2026-07-01original comment ↗
“I really don’t see what Curor’s value is longer term. Why pay a middle man?”basisword, 2026-06-16original comment ↗
“I’m also not going to use Cursor as xAI plans to acquire Cursor.”dangus, 2026-05-30original comment ↗
“I switched from Cursor to Claude because the limits are so much higher”causal, 2026-04-06original comment ↗
Praise for VS Code
“I switched from vim to VSCode due to this feature”renox, 2026-05-12original comment ↗
“using vscodium instead of vscode is again justified.”RandyOrion, 2026-05-03original comment ↗
“I'm personally switched from (n)vim to vscode for this reason, so I can now fiddle with a custom agent setup.”verdverm, 2026-04-09original comment ↗
“I switched from Sublime Text to VS Code, and didn't care one bit how open or close either was.”dist-epoch, 2026-04-02original comment ↗
“WASM debugging in VSCode feels just like native debugging”flohofwoe, 2026-03-09original comment ↗