It's a bit of a stretch to call GitHub good from the statement I made or to call Microsoft the most evil bidder when evil will suffice. I'll have to chalk that

It's a bit of a stretch to call GitHub good from the statement I made or to call Microsoft the most evil bidder when evil will suffice. I'll have to chalk that up to unnecessary sarcasm on your part. To get back on track... I find it astounding that there are people actually defending any worldwide multi-billion dollar corporation whose actions are so incredibly user-hostile. Ideally, I would love to see this turn into a historical crossroads of sorts... A point where end-users, who have the real power here to actually say "enough already" and make this purchase absolutely worthless. Instead of continuing to give the powerful more power and complain about it, to take that power back. In essence, to send a statement that an Open Internet can still exist. That it doesn't have to be the cesspool of surveillance, backdoors, keyloggers, data-sharing and hording run by a few Tech Giants with zero accountability. A GitHub exodus (ie, The Great GitHub Exodus) can represent that with Microsoft (and others like them) choking on their dirty billions.