[Dylan16807]

Your version of the analogy makes no sense, because the people with accounts are also eating for free.

If data is payment, then both groups are paying.

If data isn't payment, then what is? Please elaborate on what distinguishes the groups, and how people with free github accounts fit into the analogy.

[tekknik]

you two both have missed the obvious that recently it was deemed legal to scrape public sights, and GH has all the code, and other code based AI tools need training.

The parent complaining about creating a free account can just keep complaining, or create one, I don’t care. But this nonsense about cost for search is not the issue.