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I moved from Github to Gitlab years ago due to ethical issues (open source vs closed). I think that, at the very least, it's beneficial to prop up competitors

by smcn 4y ago

I moved from Github to Gitlab years ago due to ethical issues (open source vs closed). I think that, at the very least, it's beneficial to prop up competitors to Github to prevent them from achieving a monopoly. Too many people currently see Github and git as interchangeable and that is potentially disastrous considering Microsoft owns Github. I'm currently using https://sourcehut.org/ https://sourcehut.org/ privately and professionally, and love it.

fariszr 4y ago
> I moved from Github to Gitlab years ago due to ethical issues (open source vs closed). Do you think gitlab affected the reachability of your projects? > I think that, at the very least, it's beneficial to prop up competitors to Github to prevent them from achieving a monopoly. Too many people currently see Github and git as interchangeable and that is potentially disastrous considering Microsoft owns Github. Yeah that's one of the reasons I'm thinking of switching, its very clear where GitHub is heading, and I don't want to continue go use it, at least on a personal level. > I'm currently using https://sourcehut.org/ https://sourcehut.org/ privately and professionally, and love it. I understand why some people like SourceHut, but for me it's a non starter, its interface is very old looking and a bit clunky, it doesn't have many of the modern features, and many other things I really didn't like. For me the 3rd choice is clearly Gitea/Codeberg.
- smcn 4y ago
  >Do you think gitlab affected the reachability of your projects? Contribution yes, but not reach. If we understand reach to be the ability for me to share it or for people to find it. It very well may have inhibited contribution initially, but I don't believe that there is such a gap these days. I also get why people would not like SourceHut and can completely emphasize with that viewpoint. Though, to me, SourceHut is a git repository done right, and not a GitHub clone. You can also contribute to SourceHut projects without a user account, using https://git-send-email.io/ https://git-send-email.io/. That feature alone, to me, is worth more than UI. It does target a market which prefer things such as IRC and mailing lists, so I don't really expect it to ever become mainstream.

by smcn 4y ago

fariszr 4y ago

> I moved from Github to Gitlab years ago due to ethical issues (open source vs closed). Do you think gitlab affected the reachability of your projects? > I think that, at the very least, it's beneficial to prop up competitors to Github to prevent them from achieving a monopoly. Too many people currently see Github and git as interchangeable and that is potentially disastrous considering Microsoft owns Github. Yeah that's one of the reasons I'm thinking of switching, its very clear where GitHub is heading, and I don't want to continue go use it, at least on a personal level. > I'm currently using https://sourcehut.org/ https://sourcehut.org/ privately and professionally, and love it. I understand why some people like SourceHut, but for me it's a non starter, its interface is very old looking and a bit clunky, it doesn't have many of the modern features, and many other things I really didn't like. For me the 3rd choice is clearly Gitea/Codeberg.

smcn 4y ago
>Do you think gitlab affected the reachability of your projects? Contribution yes, but not reach. If we understand reach to be the ability for me to share it or for people to find it. It very well may have inhibited contribution initially, but I don't believe that there is such a gap these days. I also get why people would not like SourceHut and can completely emphasize with that viewpoint. Though, to me, SourceHut is a git repository done right, and not a GitHub clone. You can also contribute to SourceHut projects without a user account, using https://git-send-email.io/ https://git-send-email.io/. That feature alone, to me, is worth more than UI. It does target a market which prefer things such as IRC and mailing lists, so I don't really expect it to ever become mainstream.