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by benbayard 313 days ago
There was very little "Why" in this article. It seems like: 1. Microsoft bad 2. USA bad 3. I had a gut feeling.

I think the Actions support being so lacking is a deal breaker for us. I know we can bring our own. But I really don't want to manage infra here and take on that responsibility.
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WCSTombs 313 days ago
The "why" was pretty clear in the article: the author thinks GitHub is doing unethical things with the code the author was putting there (specific things, not "Microsoft bad"). Now you and I may not agree with those things being unethical, but the author does, and I'd say that's a pretty good reason to stop using them.
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benbayard 312 days ago
I would have loved to see that talked about more. I disagree that it's pretty clear. I just read it again and the "Why" (which again is in the title) is lacking for me. I didn't find this article particularly useful or informative. I'm glad you found it useful and informative and I think it's okay that we disagree on that.
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JohnMakin 313 days ago
This article pretty clearly seems like it is not focused on convincing you to switch, it is assuming you already want to get off of it and is explaining how to migrate.
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benbayard 312 days ago
The title says WHY to ditch github. There's maybe 2 sentences where that is discussed. That's really all I was interested in, "Why should I leave github to something with fewer features and less community support". This article did not justify that for me.

I'm glad you found it interesting and a good read!

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JohnMakin 312 days ago
The fact you do not find the why convincing is not really relevant to the main content of this article. Some people read more than titles and a few sentences before dismissing it because it doesn't agree with their already-held views. Sorry you did not find it sufficiently interesting. Migrating off of github is an extremely common problem. If you see no need to migrate off of github, why would you be interested in reading this in the first place, let alone commenting on it? Why do you feel you need to be convinced to switch off of it?
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benbayard 312 days ago
The title is “WHY” to leave GitHub. The why is significantly lacking. I was more interested in reasons why I would consider an alternative, so that’s why I clicked at all.

Also I read the entire article, twice. I read it before I commented and I read it again when I came back today looking at comments.

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mrkeen 313 days ago
This is currently topical: https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-developers-embrac...
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