I doubt github has significant interest in the small org accounts. If you look at the prize differential between the „normal paid“ and the „enterprise paid“ tier, you can see where the money is. Burning the goodwill of many technical decision makers would be an issue.

Right because it’s really hard for someone to set up a git server somewhere and change the origin.

But it's not like a rocket or a car where you can say, ok, that didn't work, so let's put it back and continue. I was really into watching the rocket boosters attempting to land a few years back, and I remember someone at SpaceX (maybe Musk?) saying that each time a booster crashed, it was just more data and another step toward success, and I thought, that's a pretty cool way to think about it.

Social media is a different thing, though. You can't just say, well, this change we made drove away journalists and celebrities, so let's put it back how it was and continue. Hard to un-kick a hornet's nest.

> Perhaps he'll put it to a vote in the coming weeks.

And then when he doesn't like the results, delete it and try again.