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Just noticed that it's using BitBucket to host the source code. Really wish the author chose GitHub instead, since network effect is a real thing and this will definitely make it harder for people like me to contribute back, not having a BB account nor willing to make one just to support a one-off project. Plus I just feel more comfortable navigating GitHub projects.

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This comment may come off as overly angry but.. why the hell?!

In the time it took you to type your comment, you could have had a BB account registered, and in the time it takes to reply to my comment, you could have installed your SSH keys and had the same basic workflow set up.

People's unwillingness to explore alternatives for the most superficial of reasons are how monopolies are started and perpetuated.

Some day, Github is going to be acquired or taken over by advertisers or something, life is going to start sucking, and people will put up with it for the same reason they put up with Facebook.

The point was that network effect is real. And it's has nothing to do with the difficulty of opening an account. It's about discovery of open source projects. Try this: enter bitbucket.org, where's the search?

We're all on the same network, it's called the Internet. That's why we're talking about this project here.

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