> "GitHub only gets better if people who give a shit stick around to make it better"

It is a megacorp that is mainly in this situation because of its relentless pursuit of exponential growth for the benefit of a very select few to the detriment of everyone else (including GitHub employees such as yourself). The hockey sticks are there, but how they've reacted to them - which is what has lead to this situation - is entirely because of the above. If not for that, it could've reacted to them differently.

It does not deserve to get better.

It would be very good for society if GitHub's market share massively declined, if everyone moved away. It wouldn't be good for you personally, but it would be good for everyone else. There is nothing positive about a single company having access to everyone's code.

Just look at all the tricks you've been playing, automatically opting everyone in to having their code used for LLM training. [0]

GitHub shouldn't get better. It should decline in popularity.

You know full well that it is undeniable that your competitors gaining market share would be good for everyone as a whole, but comp juicy and emotional attachment to people there and the pre-acquisition times where it used to be a great company (those times are not coming back) and your past with them etc.

[0] https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/github_ai_training_po...