Organic Maps (@organicmaps@fosstodon.org)
fosstodon.org
Some are asking: why does privacy-focused Organic Maps use GitHub? The largest open-source contributor network, familiar PR & issue workflow, Actions CI, broad integrations, zero infra to maintain, and easy onboarding/discoverability. This lets us focus on improving the app instead of running and maintaining servers. Development time is the most precious resource nowadays, and most of our users don't care where the code is hosted, but care about the app functionality and usability… Do you care?

Then gets defensive when they say yes.

  • vermaterc@lemmy.ml
    0·
    3 months ago

    If something works, don’t change it. And GitHub, not being ideal, works pretty well.

    • pemptago@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      01·
      3 months ago

      I agree, and I can forgive OSS projects still using it, but if they’re inviting a discussion about it I’d hope they’d be more sensitive that:

      1. github is not static
      2. being on a Microsoft platform carries a significant risk (embrace, extend, extinguish).
      3. There are plenty of successful OSS hosted elsewhere and each one helps the whole system grow.