I thought this was the dumbest thing until I had one. Now I have one in every toilet.

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You bring up some good points. I agree on the risk, even though I'm a fan I find federated tools harder to get started with.

I agree git is decentralized, but services like GitHub are not. They're more than just hosting code. They're issues, wiki's, CI/CD, peer reviews, etc.

how do you control who can and cannot make changes to your codebase?

I'd image it's the same as now. Except now you could say @everyone@that-server is cool and can contribute, or @those-guys@over-there shouldn't even be allowed to see this code.

How do you ensure you maintain access if a server goes down?

How do you do this on GitHub?

what value does that provide over the status quo?

I feel like this is the root of fediverse problems. It's easy to send your first tweet, but that first toot takes some effort (I just learned they're called toots).

I'm forced to agree, GitLab's pricing could be easier to understand and more competitive.

I haven't ran into the 5 user limit; I suspect that's not a limit of the self-hosted version. I will say it's a pain to get a clear understanding of what is available and what's not on the free edition when self hosting... also there are 2 free editions (community and unlicensed enterprise) now which adds to the confusion.

I agree with both of you (not sure why the one got so many downvotes).

Git is not centralized. GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gitea, is a centralized server.

These services are more than just git repositories. They're issue tracking, merge/pull requests, wikis, CI/CD, etc. If the service is lost, the source is still out there but it could be quite the pain to get going again.

I've never moved off the free tier, even when self hosting. Although I did get to use a paid version at a previous job and I admit some of those features were nice.

Are they paying on GitHub?

This video from Kurzgesagt gave me general optimism about the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbuUW9i-mHs

Its funny when some work and some don't 🤣

Take a screen shot of the desktop. Set that screen shot as the desktop background and delete some of the icons/shortcuts.

Ultima and Wing Commander, I know I'm showing my age but I guess it's the nostalgia. I still go back and play through them.

Before I knew the word federated I always wondered why all these social media platforms don't work like email.

Government officials use government controlled email accounts, but then use "government" twitter accounts. Never made any sense to me. 🤷

I just bought new Legos!