Is there a real or imagined hardware subsidy on the PS5 hardware though? In other words, is the current MSRP below what Sony would charge in a hypothetical world where they weren’t involved in any form of gaming software business, with an assumption that they will make additional margin dollars from game sales? I can see some manager making the case that repurposing the hardware for non-gaming use is taking food off his family’s table, in a manner of speaking. If so, it’s an argument that you don’t want this type of use to become popular and have PS5s start flying off shelves and never having games bought for them.

I don't think they care, they will just block this functionality in future updates.

I agree with you in the broad sense but self-hosted services like forgejo support mirroring to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, etc.

There are several public git hosts hosted in countries that don't care about DMCA.

And nothing is stopping you from renting a VPS from a provider based in that country and running gitlab or something.

The worst part is sharing around a sketchy URL but, that just comes with the territory when you're in the DMCA dodging parts of the internet.

Magnet link, once the DHT networks picks it up (and there are seeders) no one will take it down unless they go after every single IP address

Sure you can. This repo has definitely been vacuumed into the latest training data dump, so the next generation of models will happily spit out a similar reproduction, Sony be damned!

Torrents. Got the leaked GTA6 videos by torrenting and they're still easily available on public trackers. Don't see why projects like these couldn't be distributed similarly if shit hits the fan.

git is a distributed protocol that does not demand distribution happen through github.com

Private keys and private endpoints is all we need

Gitflic.ru begs to differ.

The "but don't you know git is distributed" commentary always sounds clever, but it really isn't.

GitHub isn't just used to host your actual git work tree and everyone knows that, it's an issue tracker, an easy way for projects to get contributions as everyone already has a GitHub account, an easy way to receive bug reports, CI, a website for your project, a popularity metric like GitHub stars (For better or worse).

It'd be kind of interesting if someone started a public git host whose main value add was being judgement proof, like Anna's Archive, torrent sites, etc. The methods exist, it's just a matter of implementation and getting a critical mass. Obviously TOR-hidden-service first, but then making it available to naive hidden browsers would be its own public service.

I hate the centralization of centralized git watering holes, but it is what it is. And frankly getting older and not as able to keep up, having all the cool projects in one place would massively help my street cred.

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