Regardless of having been downloaded almost 23 million instances, the JetBrains AI Assistant has acquired unhealthy evaluations on the corporate’s JetBrains Market web site, prompting JetBrains to take away among the evaluations.
Unveiled in December 2023, the JetBrains AI Assistant charges solely 2.3 stars out of a doable 5 stars on the corporate’s rankings system, with 851 complete rankings as of Might 1. “I’ve been a long-time person of JetBrains IDEs and usually respect the considerate tooling they provide,” reviewer Haso Keric wrote. “Sadly, the AI Assistant doesn’t dwell as much as the identical commonplace. It feels bolted on slightly than built-in, and it rapidly turns into extra of a novelty than a productiveness instrument.” A number of reviewers described the instrument as having uneven auto-completion efficiency, whereas a number of others mentioned that their evaluations had been eliminated. “My earlier remark was deleted with none particular motive. Jetbrains appears to be deleting unfavorable evaluations, which destroyed my confidence and belief on this firm. They don’t worth their prospects and their suggestions anymore,” reviewer Juraj Nemec wrote.
In a Reddit publish beneath the title of mutegazer, a JetBrains consultant mentioned some evaluations have been eliminated as a result of they concerned an already-solved situation, whereas others have been eliminated due to coverage violations equivalent to swearing. Unfavorable or constructive posts about present AI Assistant habits have remained, mutegazer wrote. The JetBrains rep acknowledged that the corporate may have dealt with the removals higher. “Nuking a number of evaluations directly with no heads-up seemed shady,” mutegazer wrote. “No less than, we should always’ve posted a discover and supplied extra particulars to the authors.”
