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[–] 19 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Because it's free, convenient, and works. And it's a git project so the code is already distributed, so if Trump has another tantrum and decides the EU can't use any American tech, the deleted PRs and issues would be annoying but we'll still have the code.

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  • [–] 14 points 8 months ago (6 children)

    isn't codeberg free as well? And it's in Germany

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    I don't think anyone said or implied that there were no alternatives.

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Well, the point is that GitHub is owned by Microsoft, so if they're already developing an alternative to a Microsoft service, they would probably want to also use an alternative to a Microsoft service for their source code hosting.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    They want to be less dependent on US tech. Using something whose code is hosted on US tech is far less dependent than using something whose entire everything is American.

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