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Why aren't more people using Codeberg or something open source (lemmy.today)

submitted 1 day ago by unitedwithme@lemmy.today to c/linux@programming.dev

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Since Microsoft owns Github, Gitlab is Corp owned now since 2022, why are so many who preach privacy or using Linux, etc, still using a MS product?

Genuine questions. I'm assumming either familiarity & simplicity with GH or difficulty migrating elsewhere?

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[–] cecilkorik@piefed.ca 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For what it's worth, Codeberg/Forgejo is working on adding federation features that will (eventually) connect different instances together to rebuild the "social network" part of things without centralizing on a single individual instance, much like the Fediverse is working on doing for other social networks.

[–] belazor@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Federation doesn’t fix the problem, at least not in its entirety. I posted a longer comment in another thread but the long and short of it is that accounts need to be portable if it’s going to work for a git hosting solution.

The comment: https://lemmy.zip/comment/26430897