If there is one thing Microsoft doesn't know or understand it's the open source developer. Buying github then stealing ip to bundle in co-pilot. Developers don't love Azure but large governmental orgs cto's do.
Well open source developers seem allergic to making profit and Microsoft is a for profit business, so I don’t think it’s a big surprises which market they are targeting.
Most developers work with open source languages / products. The market for closed source Microsoft sponsored languages gets smaller each year. I remember when many paid thousands for msdn subscriptions.
I think most open source developers who would boycott Microsoft products because of their (abusive?) approach to training Copilot were probably already boycotting Microsoft products. Not much point chasing a market with a lifelong grudge against you.
Parent comment said most devs use open source technologies. That is, when given the option, most devs will choose open source technologies where possible.
As such, offering licensed, closed-source products to devs is a bit of a waste. People want to pay for hosted/managed versions of open source products they’re already using, not extra for licences. This is one area I’d say AWS has the advantage.
