Depends on the specific software. Plenty of Free and Open Source software 'just works' just about perfectly. Firefox and Notepad++ for instance. In the specifi

Depends on the specific software. Plenty of Free and Open Source software 'just works' just about perfectly. Firefox and Notepad++ for instance. In the specific instance of GitHub, I have to agree it's nicer and better polished than the alternatives, but I'd also say the Free Software alternatives (GitLab, SourceHut, etc) are catching up, and are already usable. Hosting your own GitLab instance gives you a far nicer solution than an old school solution like SourceForge. > we’re finding that a lot of things are just nicer because a large paid staff of engineers is working on it every day People are paid to work on various Free and Open Source software projects, including Firefox and Notepad++, and most famously, the Linux kernel.