Github would hit four nines if they followed suit. no clue why the dont try

GitHub's "paid" rate limits are the same as GitLab's free tier, so no, it doesn't help

Because that would go against MSFT's wishes on pushing LLM driven development if they started acknowledging that these tools are more damaging than helpful.

Doesn't GitHub already have rate limiting especially if you are not logged in?

Yes. A lot is not accessible if not logged in.

it's too generous and contributes to their reliability woes

It is the same 60 requests per hour