I wasn't implying that these features were unique to GitHub, just that there can be reasons why one might prefer to use GitHub beyond it just being a place to h

I wasn't implying that these features were unique to GitHub, just that there can be reasons why one might prefer to use GitHub beyond it just being a place to host git repositories. I don't think "hosted git" accurately captures the appeal of GitHub (or bitbucket for that matter). While this is the main premise behind both products, I don't think they're necessarily interchangeable in the way you describe.