>Why are we so dependent on GitHub? Because a service like Github is an emergent property of a bunch of developers making similar decisions: 1) spend time & e

>Why are we so dependent on GitHub? Because a service like Github is an emergent property of a bunch of developers making similar decisions: 1) spend time & effort setting up a git on home server or Raspberry Pi -- or -- spend that time playing with my kids or riding a bike outside 2) spend $10/month for a shared hosting plan to run my git/Gitlab instance -- or spend $0 for a free account on Github 3) expose my self-hosted home ip address -- or find a networking workaround because my house is behind ISP NAT and/or I don't want to publicize my home ip address and keep it private so I use someone else's public network ... such as Github Take variations of those 3 reasons and multiply it out by a million developers making similar decisions and you will inevitably end up with a "free automatically managed git instance in the cloud" ... aka Github.