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Re:Git archive checksums may change by sneak on Monday January 30, 2023 @05:22PM (#34587329)
It's Microsoft. Just as the Apple of today is not the Apple of ten years ago, the GitHub today is not the GitHub of ten years ago. It's literally different people.

The people who made the things you love have mostly moved on, and the brand is being run by different people with different values now.

There's a little bit of an argument that such things are a bait-and-switch, but such is the nature of a large and multigenerational corporation.

Re:Git archive checksums may change by naikrovek on Monday January 30, 2023 @06:10PM (#34587999)
The Microsoft of today isn't the Microsoft of 10 years ago, either, but that doesn't stop anyone from assuming that today's Microsoft is the same as the Microsoft of 10 years ago.

the logic people use to blame Microsoft is intense, man. literally any logical leap is valid except one that absolves Microsoft of anything, no matter how small.

Re:Git archive checksums may change by katbyte on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @02:29AM (#34592344)
Trust is lost quickly and easily and earned back slowly with great difficulty
Re:Git archive checksums may change by naikrovek on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @05:40AM (#34593549)
yeah I don't trust slashdot people either.