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How GitHub monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem (ploum.net)

submitted 9 months ago by pylapp@programming.dev to c/programming@programming.dev

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[–] 0x1C3B00DA@fedia.io 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Which is one of the reasons behind github's network effect.

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[–] FizzyOrange@programming.dev 2 points 9 months ago (1 child)

That's not a network effect.

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[–] 0x1C3B00DA@fedia.io 2 points 9 months ago

I said its one of the reasons behind the network effect, not the network effect itself. github can offer more freebies, which attracts more users, which makes it more attractive to other users and for existing users to stick around.

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