[jacquesm]

It's different because I don't have a commercial stake in the game, I just really care about privacy and my posting history and blogging history back that up.

I find it odd that someone would pick one commercial entity over another when they're otherwise anonymous, which is yet another thing you really can't say about me.

So that's how it is different.

[praneshp]

You couldn't prove they had a commercial stake, and they also seem to really care about github vs gitlab. It's not too different yet.

[jacquesm]

Github vs Gitlab is one commercial party against another, if the products are roughly comparable and you want to take a very strong stand in favor of either party you should declare your affiliation (or none). ACs that from the very beginning seem to have an agenda are always under that cloud, and it's easy enough to dispel any doubt.

Contrary to that there is no gain for me to be a privacy advocate.