FAQ: Demonstrate how to switch the marketplace

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@ -86,9 +86,20 @@ If you have your own marketplace that implements the VS Code Extension Gallery A
point code-server to it by setting `$SERVICE_URL` and `$ITEM_URL`. These correspond directly
to `serviceUrl` and `itemUrl` in VS Code's `product.json`.
e.g. to use [open-vsx.org](https://open-vsx.org):
```bash
export SERVICE_URL=https://open-vsx.org/vscode/gallery
export ITEM_URL=https://open-vsx.org/vscode/item
```
While you can technically use Microsoft's marketplace with these, please do not do so as it
is against their terms of use. See [above](#differences-compared-to-vs-code). These variables
are most valuable to our enterprise customers for whom we have a self hosted marketplace product.
is against their terms of use. See [above](#differences-compared-to-vs-code) and this
discussion regarding the use of the Microsoft URLs in forks:
https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/31168#issue-244533026
These variables are most valuable to our enterprise customers for whom we have a self hosted marketplace product.
## Where are extensions stored?