I think Microsoft’s home game is “monopolize and enshittify”. They are the masters and know the exactly what amount of enshittification is too much. E.g. Hashimoto quitting GH is probably totally worth the 10 SREs they fired. Us plebs cannot go anywhere.
But you totally can go somewhere else? E.g GitLab (which is, unfortunately, about as slow as GitHub, but with a better license and owner) or sr.ht.
If you think you need those sweet GitHub stars, I can't help you.
I mean the stars, social features and branding of Github make it more or less a lock-in. You can go somewhere else, but it’s not the same experience.
> If you think you need those sweet GitHub stars, I can't help you.
The majority of users need it.
Why not use GH just as a front page you mirror code. You keep your stars but develop elsewhere, on a server you control.
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