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I think this would cut out a lot of the mindless commit activity. Charge $1/month per repo. If your project isn't worth that, run your own git or use another f

I think this would cut out a lot of the mindless commit activity. Charge $1/month per repo. If your project isn't worth that, run your own git or use another free forge.

odo1242 2mo ago
I think GitHub leans on this free repos thing a lot for getting new users though. Like I could see people just moving to GitLab
- hakunin 2mo ago
  …and encountering the same issues most likely.
  - odo1242 2mo ago
    Fair, but the point is GitHub’s model is: Free Users use GitHub => when a company needs source control => all their coders use GitHub => company buys expensive enterprise contract. If there’s less of an advantage to using free GitHub then that funnel works less effectively.
- neko_ranger 2mo ago
  Free private repos on github is relatively new, only introduced after a rise in popularity of gitlab (which has free private repos). Seems like github is too popular for itself.
  - klausa 2mo ago
    I know you said "relatively", but it's been seven and a half years: https://github.blog/changelog/2019-01-08-pricing-changes/ https://github.blog/changelog/2019-01-08-pricing-changes/
hei-lima 2mo ago
GH isn't good enough to charge that much for its core services. 90% of its user base would just find better or cheaper alternatives, and the only ones remaining would be legacy enterprise codebases that are just impossible or too expensive to migrate.
kypro 2mo ago
80/20 rule would suggest that you don't need to apply $1 to all users, just those who create an excessive number of AI slop repos or make an excessive number of commits. Could do similar for GH actions usage.
joshspankit 2mo ago
What about $1/year per private repo?
zmj 2mo ago
The incentives that creates are really bad: it encourages users to organize their code across the smallest number of repos, and I'd bet anything that larger repos are disproportionately more expensive for GitHub than smaller ones. It's very possible that a per-repo charge would make things worse.
CrimsonCape 2mo ago
You are way too optimistic. What will realistically happen is they charge $2 per month and the quality doesn't change. The $2 per month gross will go where it always goes: launches, exec salaries, shareholders.

I think this would cut out a lot of the mindless commit activity. Charge $1/month per repo. If your project isn't worth that, run your own git or use another free forge.

odo1242 2mo ago

I think GitHub leans on this free repos thing a lot for getting new users though. Like I could see people just moving to GitLab

hakunin 2mo ago
…and encountering the same issues most likely.
- odo1242 2mo ago
  Fair, but the point is GitHub’s model is: Free Users use GitHub => when a company needs source control => all their coders use GitHub => company buys expensive enterprise contract. If there’s less of an advantage to using free GitHub then that funnel works less effectively.
neko_ranger 2mo ago
Free private repos on github is relatively new, only introduced after a rise in popularity of gitlab (which has free private repos). Seems like github is too popular for itself.
- klausa 2mo ago
  I know you said "relatively", but it's been seven and a half years: https://github.blog/changelog/2019-01-08-pricing-changes/ https://github.blog/changelog/2019-01-08-pricing-changes/

hei-lima 2mo ago

GH isn't good enough to charge that much for its core services. 90% of its user base would just find better or cheaper alternatives, and the only ones remaining would be legacy enterprise codebases that are just impossible or too expensive to migrate.

kypro 2mo ago

80/20 rule would suggest that you don't need to apply $1 to all users, just those who create an excessive number of AI slop repos or make an excessive number of commits. Could do similar for GH actions usage.

joshspankit 2mo ago

What about $1/year per private repo?

zmj 2mo ago

The incentives that creates are really bad: it encourages users to organize their code across the smallest number of repos, and I'd bet anything that larger repos are disproportionately more expensive for GitHub than smaller ones. It's very possible that a per-repo charge would make things worse.

CrimsonCape 2mo ago

You are way too optimistic. What will realistically happen is they charge $2 per month and the quality doesn't change. The $2 per month gross will go where it always goes: launches, exec salaries, shareholders.