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Because Microsoft bought them.

• karel-3d 1y ago
  Right after Microsoft bought them, github got better, and started implementing long-requested features. (The open letter "dear github" or whatever was that was posted right before the takeover.) This is something more recent.
  • arp242 1y ago
    Yes, remember how copying anything from the code view would also copy the line numbers? It was a relatively small CSS fix, but took years! I never quite understood why this didn't get fixed before by the way, because it really wasn't that hard. Usually when $big_corp takes over $small_outfit things get worse instead of better, due to overbearing $big_corp policy, culture clashes, leadership not really understanding what they bought, and things like that. Whatever else can be said about Microsoft: in the year or two after they took over GitHub lots of things – small and large – got fixed or improved.
    • karel-3d 1y ago
      Same thing about npm, btw. Both the node service and the website
  • blibble 1y ago
    big companies don't do anything fast it's a car crash in extremely slow motion