Play stupid games with centralized entities, win stupid centralized prizes. I can understand using github/lab/etc if you're forced to by work in order to earn money in order to live. But willingly choosing them for personal projects is just stupid.
"Using GitHub for personal projects is stupid" is a hell of a take.
So was, "Facebook is a bad idea." in 2008. But the course of a proprietary social network run by a single corporation only has one outcome. It's just a matter of time.