GitHub cuts short offer to burn repos on CD after mockery ensues
Bender
13 points
2 comments
July 07, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (2 comments)
Waterluvian
I imagine the internal politics of selling this move (if/when Xbox follow Sony) to its own employees only gets harder when GitHub is shitting all over it.
vsgherzi
I don't think it's that deep. It was a cool promo. I get people are sour on github rn, me too! But shitting on this certainly isn't going to fix anything.