[omnimus]

It's safe to say it's reasonable to majority of codeberg members. It doesn't really matter if it seems unreasonable from the outside.

[zajio1am]

I agree that they are fully within their rights to decide how they want to run services they provide. However, i do not think it shields such decisions from public criticism.

If they were some random corporation making business decision, everybody would have an opinion about it and express it, not just say 'it is reasonable according to majority of board/shareholders and that is only thing that matter.'

[inemesitaffia]

You wouldn't say that about the above example.

Especially given several Global South countries see it as an example of foreign interference.

[wongarsu]

The important difference is that leaving Codeberg forever is much easier and lower impact than leaving your country forever

Switching costs are a core part why certain governance methods work on the internet but not in real life. Similar reason to why dictatorships work well for companies and open source projects, but not governments

[rnewme]

Strawman argument.