> What makes Github special is the ecosystem and integrations. Sentry, Linear, and so many other tools […]

github didn’t start with those things. Those things came with adoption.

Its like all those people who bemoan their favourite software not existing on Linux as a reason not to switch, completely oblivious to the fact that this hegemony is the reason linux doesn’t have that software.

It’s like an appeal to the status quo - its self fulfilling, impossible to break.