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The Fork
GitHub Copilot sat on top of the editor and asked permission. Cursor forked the editor and owned every layer. The asymmetry is the whole strategy.
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Tap to enlarge SourceCopilot: an extension inside VS Code · Cursor: a fork of VS Code, launched March 2023 · how each product attaches to the editor, per the companies.