I think this would cut out a lot of the mindless commit activity.

Charge $1/month per repo. If your project isn't worth that, run your own git or use another free forge.

I think GitHub leans on this free repos thing a lot for getting new users though. Like I could see people just moving to GitLab

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neko_ranger 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Free private repos on github is relatively new, only introduced after a rise in popularity of gitlab (which has free private repos).

Seems like github is too popular for itself.

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hakunin 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

…and encountering the same issues most likely.

	▲	odo1242 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fair, but the point is GitHub’s model is: Free Users use GitHub => when a company needs source control => all their coders use GitHub => company buys expensive enterprise contract. If there’s less of an advantage to using free GitHub then that funnel works less effectively.

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hei-lima 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

GH isn't good enough to charge that much for its core services. 90% of its user base would just find better or cheaper alternatives, and the only ones remaining would be legacy enterprise codebases that are just impossible or too expensive to migrate.

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kypro 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

80/20 rule would suggest that you don't need to apply $1 to all users, just those who create an excessive number of AI slop repos or make an excessive number of commits.

Could do similar for GH actions usage.