https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect
It's a lot easier to get bug reports and fixes when everyone is on the same auth system.
That's why there is also a call for federated forges
It's a lot easier to get bug reports and fixes when everyone is on the same auth system.
That's why there is also a call for federated forges
There is also the "gamification" aspect that GitHub have. Doesn't motivate me personally, but could have effect on some others.
Projects on GitHub gets a lot more visibility. To the point that many projects that do not use GitHub as their main forge are still often mirroring their repository there, and have to deal with double source of bug reports or pr.
I'm confused with auth has to do with it?
We've had OAuth 2.0 since 2012