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zsoltkacsandi 3 hours ago

I think decentralization is the wrong answer for what people really need: portability.

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nemomarx 3 hours ago | parent [-]

What's the portability blocker with git? It's pretty easy to pull your repo and clone it to a new server, and you keep your history and everything I thought.

	▲	zsoltkacsandi 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Nothing. That’s why SaaS providers like GitHub start to build up features like GitHub CI to lock people in. You can easily move the repo, but moving your full CI has a real cost that businesses will take into account when they are considering to move anything. What do you think, what is the business for GitHub in providing limitless private and public repo hosting?