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by platinium 2799 days ago
This has been super frustrating, as people have deadlines and are working to finish projects before Monday morning.

What are the (good) alternatives to Github? Gitlab supposedly is Google-backed, so I don't want to have my private code there. Is Bitbucket the only one left?

I don't mind paying monthly, which I already do for GitHub.
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Tecuane 2799 days ago
> Gitlab supposedly is Google-backed, so I don't want to have my private code there.

This strikes me as odd. May I ask why usage of GCP is a deal-breaker for you? While I can understand not wanting to use Google products directly as a consumer, I believe it would be - for lack of a better term - platform suicide for Google to intercept and perform its usual analytical shenanigans on the data content of transmissions to/from their platform.

Either way, Phacility's Phabricator[1] is $20/user/mo.

1. https://www.phacility.com/pricing/

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Jedi72 2799 days ago
Nobody trusts Google for any reason any more as they have proven unworthy of our trust.
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hactually 2799 days ago
That's a silly statement. By saying 'nobody' - a single point of data invalidates your assertion.

I use gmail, I'm quite happy to trust that contract.

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jammygit 2799 days ago
You're saying that you trust that contract today, or are you saying that you have always trusted that contract?

Its only recently that gmail's contract involved keeping out of your data. I think they also only say they abstain from using your data for targeted advertising, not that they don't use it for other purposes. I haven't read the terms in quite a while though and I could be mistaken.

Great products though. I really do wish I could pay for them in exchange for a real, trustworthy, comprehensive privacy promise.

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deadbunny 2799 days ago
There is a whole world of difference between paid for and not paid for Google services.
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naner 2799 days ago
This type of thing will always be a risk with cloud infrastrucure no matter what service you choose.
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toomanybeersies 2799 days ago
You can self-host Gitlab, as well as Gogs, Gitea, and a handful of other solutions.
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cmroanirgo 2799 days ago
If you've a server of your own (and even if you don't, you can self host for a few $/mo), gitea is an easy choice: https://gitea.io
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patrickg_zill 2799 days ago
I have been meaning to evaluate fossil-scm.org for a while...
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