GitHub's uptime has measurably declined since Microsoft's acquisition, prompting widespread user frustration. The article documents service quality concerns and argues that while Git remains open-source and decentralized, GitHub's dominance combined with deteriorating reliability could create opportunity for alternatives.
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GitHub is sinking
Microsoft-owned GitHub's measurable uptime decline since acquisition is creating opportunity for decentralized Git-based alternatives.
Thursday, April 30, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: LobstersBY sys://pipeline
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