SMRTR ProgrammingAug 2, 2026Hacker News

Cancelling Cursor

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A long-time Cursor subscriber explains why they cancelled after years of frustration: a perpetually outdated VSCode base breaking extensions, an Agent view that keeps resetting despite user settings, unresolved bug reports, and poor support. The bigger concern is strategic — Cursor appears to be pivoting away from being a code-first IDE toward an enterprise agent platform, leaving its core developer audience behind.

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