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Enshittification of GitHub? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 9 months ago by antrosapien@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml
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First, they restricted code search without logging in so I'm using sourcegraph But now, I cant even view discussions or wiki without logging in.

It was a nice run

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[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

I'm not a developer so I'm not very familiar with this world. But it kind of amazes me that the code for so many open source projects are hosted by Microsoft. Isn't there a FOSS alternative? edit: seems Gitlab is an alternative. Then the question is, why are people using microsoft products?

[–] OddFed@feddit.de 24 points 9 months ago

Codeberg.org is the ethical choice

[–] antrosapien@lemmy.ml 20 points 9 months ago

Github started independently and was amazing service(and still is except now its going downhill) but Microsoft acquired it it 2018

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The power of git ( the backbone of github ) comes in that you can easily take a repository and move it to a different server. Its like, 3 commands? ( git vlone, git add remote, git push ). So if people would leave github, nothing is lost :)

[–] federico3@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Github is designed to centralize git (as the word "hub" suggests). You can still migrate away code, issues and wikis, but contributors, followers, wiki editors, issue subscribers, visibility in general and github stars are locked in. Discoverability matters to projects trying to attract contributors.

[–] Belzebubulubu@mujico.org 1 points 9 months ago

So you lose nothing, gotcha

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Agreed there, but its still a source control platform. Its still git. I'd argue the code is the most important part and followers, subscribers and stars (whatever those may do) are a secundairy functionality that a developer doesnt necesarily care about. The most important part is the git repo and everything linked with it imo