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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by yencabulator on Monday August 11, 2025 @06:16PM (#44870086)
You're moving the goalposts! I am responding to

> I honestly don't remember when they tried to snare someone to use proprietary extensions to something open.

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Re:GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO re... by fc417fc802 on Tuesday August 12, 2025 @02:07AM (#44872947)
But ... they literally did that here? I don't think it's malicious in this case. In fact I think they're giving away genuinely useful tools here with no obvious downsides to their use.

But I do think it qualifies.

Bit like the example of Martin Luther King being a criminal.

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