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>>ig0r0+(OP)
This is pretty cool. Anyone have thoughts as to _why_ they’re making this move?

>>LifeIs+q1
GitHub has significant vendor lock-in, so it makes sense to make it free to capture the market before a competitor gets traction.

[Speculation:]

Perhaps they've run the numbers and can figure out that they make enough money from enterprise clients and will make enough more money from the 'marketplace' being a channel for selling github integrations and addons to cover this cost of not trying to monetize through supporting teams.

It also moves a large base from 'customer' with needed support to free users which don't need the same level of support.

>>7777fp+k2
> GitHub has significant vendor lock-in

Do they? Unless you're on GitHub Enterprise, migrating is just moving your repos over the weekend, setting up new webhooks, emailing everyone a command to switch their upstream URL, and hoping the new workflow works for you. For teams of <100, this it one of the easier transitions to make.

>>dehrma+a7
There are external services that integrate with Github but not Gitlab. (though more and more are also adding Gitlab integration)