That is probably a long time overdue though in the case of editors like Atom.
Simply put; if some unethical corporation can hijack projects like this, then a much more malicious actor can as well. One that isn't as easy to detect, and does much more harm (like harvesting any code or input that looks like it could be private data such as credit cards numbers, SSNs, email and passwordish strings found near each other, etc.).
Extensions, plugins, and what have you are cool, but straying outside of the fairly monitored confines of you OS's controlled packages carries a risk.
Simply put; if some unethical corporation can hijack projects like this, then a much more malicious actor can as well. One that isn't as easy to detect, and does much more harm (like harvesting any code or input that looks like it could be private data such as credit cards numbers, SSNs, email and passwordish strings found near each other, etc.).
Extensions, plugins, and what have you are cool, but straying outside of the fairly monitored confines of you OS's controlled packages carries a risk.