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minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoI’m not the OP, but it’s probably easier to get (free) community contributions on Github than on any other spot. Or it’s to make it easier to fork, in case Mozilla goes out of business.
minus-squareesa@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 hours agoIt’s also likely a bit of cost-benefit analysis for self-hosting vs using a managed service. Codeberg would be more in line with Mozilla’s ideals IMO, but GitHub is a pragmatic choice anyway.
minus-squareilinamorato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoYeah, I don’t love that they’re on a Microsoft service, but GitHub is not their worst product.
I’m not the OP, but it’s probably easier to get (free) community contributions on Github than on any other spot.
Or it’s to make it easier to fork, in case Mozilla goes out of business.
It’s also likely a bit of cost-benefit analysis for self-hosting vs using a managed service.
Codeberg would be more in line with Mozilla’s ideals IMO, but GitHub is a pragmatic choice anyway.
Yeah, I don’t love that they’re on a Microsoft service, but GitHub is not their worst product.