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IME this all started after MSFT acquired GitHub but well before vibe coding took the world by storm.

ETA: Tangentially, private repos became free under Microsoft ownership in 2019. If they hadn't done that, they could've extracted $4 per month from every vibe coder forever(!)





Why would every vibe coder necessarily use private repos?

IIRC they were kinda forced to make private repos free because competitors like Gitlab had it and they felt threatened.


Is someone who is not really using github's free service losing something important?

As an individual, likely not. As a team or organization there are nice benefits though.



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