As I noted, their API lets you export the data they add: issues, wiki, PRs, and the like. And git-lfs lets anybody run their own large file systems, backed howe

As I noted, their API lets you export the data they add: issues, wiki, PRs, and the like. And git-lfs lets anybody run their own large file systems, backed however they want, without GitHub being involved. If you're arguing that open source and self-hosted alternatives get better at the UX and communal aspects that GitHub has been excelling at, I'm all for it. But lets not sell short that the reason people are flocking to GitHub is because what it offers has value, value which is worth using a hosted centralized service for them.