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The only real way to browse the site is to be logged in.

by blinded 5mo ago

NewJazz 5mo ago
They will gradually authwall everything they can. Just look at linkedin.
- Asooka 5mo ago
  Wouldn't this break Go and other build systems (npm?) that pull packages from github by default? Not that I endorse the practise, but will Microsoft really kick out such a big class of users?
  - chrisandchris 5mo ago
    Can't count the times a "nuget restore" in our CI fails with 401, just to succeed on a 2nd attempt a few seconds later. Seems like the IP range is somehow flagged, so there's definetly a downside to it.
  - blinded 5mo ago
    It does break it, from experience authorizing the pulls with a bot user fixes it. In the case were the build happens from a github action there are standard builtin credential (workflow permissions). https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api?apiVersion=2026-03-10 https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limi...
negura 5mo ago
sadly even that isn't an option for me. i spent half an hour yesterday trying to create a github account. i couldn't. my @proton.me got rejected. captchas take several painful minutes to complete. and even when I did manage to create an account (at least the page displayed a success mesage), it got disabled the instant I logged in for "TOS violation". i wish i was joking, but i literally cannot create a github account. a few years ago this would have seemed crazy. but here we are. i'm stuck having to use google (another pain in the ass) for discovering codebases that contain specific snippets. but some repo contents (such as wikis) are not exposed at all to search engines
- blinded 5mo ago
  Could you make a throw away gmail or something?
  - negura 5mo ago
    currently gmail requires that you send (yes, send) a text to them with a code in order to sign up https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/google-account-registration-now-requires-sending-an-sms-via-phone-instead-of-receiving-an-sms/36082 https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/google-account-registrat...
    - blinded 5mo ago
      wild, I had no idea.
- classified 5mo ago
  Take that as a hint. Make an account somewhere else. The article lists several alternatives.
  - negura 5mo ago
    having an account elsewhere won't help with the use case i mentioned

The only real way to browse the site is to be logged in.

by blinded 5mo ago

The only real way to browse the site is to be logged in.

NewJazz 5mo ago

They will gradually authwall everything they can. Just look at linkedin.

Asooka 5mo ago
Wouldn't this break Go and other build systems (npm?) that pull packages from github by default? Not that I endorse the practise, but will Microsoft really kick out such a big class of users?
- chrisandchris 5mo ago
  Can't count the times a "nuget restore" in our CI fails with 401, just to succeed on a 2nd attempt a few seconds later. Seems like the IP range is somehow flagged, so there's definetly a downside to it.
- blinded 5mo ago
  It does break it, from experience authorizing the pulls with a bot user fixes it. In the case were the build happens from a github action there are standard builtin credential (workflow permissions). https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limits-for-the-rest-api?apiVersion=2026-03-10 https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/rate-limi...

negura 5mo ago

sadly even that isn't an option for me. i spent half an hour yesterday trying to create a github account. i couldn't. my @proton.me got rejected. captchas take several painful minutes to complete. and even when I did manage to create an account (at least the page displayed a success mesage), it got disabled the instant I logged in for "TOS violation". i wish i was joking, but i literally cannot create a github account. a few years ago this would have seemed crazy. but here we are. i'm stuck having to use google (another pain in the ass) for discovering codebases that contain specific snippets. but some repo contents (such as wikis) are not exposed at all to search engines

blinded 5mo ago
Could you make a throw away gmail or something?
- negura 5mo ago
  currently gmail requires that you send (yes, send) a text to them with a code in order to sign up https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/google-account-registration-now-requires-sending-an-sms-via-phone-instead-of-receiving-an-sms/36082 https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/google-account-registrat...
  - blinded 5mo ago
    wild, I had no idea.
classified 5mo ago
Take that as a hint. Make an account somewhere else. The article lists several alternatives.
- negura 5mo ago
  having an account elsewhere won't help with the use case i mentioned