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Why are so many Linux projects on Microsoft GitHub? Shouldn't they all move to Codeberg? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Sure, I know a lot of projects have been on GH since before MS bought it, but they've owned it for quite a while now, so we really should be seeing better migration out by now, no?

Codeberg is nonprofit which seems more in the spirit of the Linux ecosystem overall. GH is for-profit...

EDIT: All right, all right, I've gotten schooled. Thank you, O wise ones; I didn't realize how much Microsoft literally depends on Linux, among other things. I will proceed to shut up.

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[–] 12 points 3 months ago (9 children)

It's generally not the search, it's the payment and shipping

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

    Doubt it, most other online stores with the same coverage do offer similar conditions.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (1 child)

    The difference is the wide range of products available on Amazon. I can buy 5 products from widely different areas and only pay shipping once (or maybe twice depending on availability).

    If I were to order these 5 products on 5 different stores I'd pay 5 times shipping.

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

    Your local or regional provider can and will send you books in the same time - perhaps not in 24h, but this may be rarely the case that somebody is in a such dearly need of a book.

    I am buying books from my local provider, though more expensive, but I want people to have jobs - considering how many bookstores closed due to Amazon - and the possibility to go there, have a book in my hand and read it a bit.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's not just books. Amazon offers many more goods, and locks people in with Prime.

    I don't like it, but just claiming it as a sign of virtue won't change that.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    It's not the shipping; it's the return policy. Amazon's is almost impossible to beat apart from certain in-person stores like Costco or perhaps ALDI.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    Yeah - now, the downsides of this are well covered, especially by Corey Doctrow, in that once the users are locked into the platform, Amazon decreases the actual benefits - and then starts chisling the sellers as well.

    But to fix that, you do need to do something besides just scold the customers.

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