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Cursor IDE criticized for auto-adding "Powered by Cursor" attributions

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A user on Reddit expressed frustration with the Cursor IDE automatically adding a "Powered by Cursor" attribution to their GitHub pull requests. While the user acknowledges that this feature can be disabled, they are unhappy with the default settings and the experience of discovering these attributions after they have been applied. This behavior is compared to a similar issue where new chats in Cursor would default to using the Grok agent. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential user friction with AI-powered developer tools and the importance of transparent and user-controllable default settings.

RANK_REASON User complaint about a specific product feature's default settings and behavior.

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Cursor IDE criticized for auto-adding "Powered by Cursor" attributions

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  1. r/cursor TIER_2 English(EN) · /u/D7Torres ·

    I don't credit Excel, and I don't want to credit Cursor, thank you

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Look, I love Cursor, but I was very disappointed when I saw at the end of a PR description:<br /> &quot;Powered by Cursor&quot; with a link to <a href="http://cursor.com">cursor.com</a></p> <p>I mean, it's not soooo bad. But still, I don't like i…

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