The only thing I dislike about submodules is that older repos have remotes that no longer exist. So I'm left with an incomplete clone because I can't find the s

The only thing I dislike about submodules is that older repos have remotes that no longer exist. So I'm left with an incomplete clone because I can't find the submodules anywhere. Otherwise I don't mind them and will continue to use them. In any case, this is no longer an issue with GitHub monopoly.