[gazook89]

Any time I see this topic brought up, two things are always mentioned: the "hub" part, meaning the discoverability and social aspect, and the "network effect" of having everyone use a single service (so everyone already has an account and they don't have to create additional account for every self-hosted project.

[tracker1]

Agreed, it's definitely the network cohesion that keeps GH together. Especially for FLOSS. For advanced features, there are some niceties that say Azure DevOps offers that GH Enterprise still lacks, though it feels like there's some convergence on the backend.

I like GH Actions myself, though sometimes it can get a little cumbersome with self-hosted workers on private/enterprise projects. I'm a big fan of automation and like to keep related bits closer together. As opposed to alternatives that have completely detached workflows/deployments.