Because it’s free, convenient, and works. And it’s a git project so the code is already distributed, so if Trump has another tantrum and decides the EU can’t use any American tech, the deleted PRs and issues would be annoying but we’ll still have the code.
Well, the point is that GitHub is owned by Microsoft, so if they’re already developing an alternative to a Microsoft service, they would probably want to also use an alternative to a Microsoft service for their source code hosting.
They want to be less dependent on US tech. Using something whose code is hosted on US tech is far less dependent than using something whose entire everything is American.
Because it’s free, convenient, and works. And it’s a git project so the code is already distributed, so if Trump has another tantrum and decides the EU can’t use any American tech, the deleted PRs and issues would be annoying but we’ll still have the code.
PRs and issues can be a huge part of a project
I’m sure we can all agree that they are not as important as the code, though ;)
isn’t codeberg free as well? And it’s in Germany
I don’t think anyone said or implied that there were no alternatives.
Well, the point is that GitHub is owned by Microsoft, so if they’re already developing an alternative to a Microsoft service, they would probably want to also use an alternative to a Microsoft service for their source code hosting.
They want to be less dependent on US tech. Using something whose code is hosted on US tech is far less dependent than using something whose entire everything is American.
fair. Well I guess GitHub is also the most popular