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Open source devs consider making hogs pay for every Git pull (www.theregister.com)
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Opinion: Careless big-time users are treating FOSS repos like content delivery networks

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[-] calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago

Thank you!

I actually wondered if the article mentioned that and I just missed it. I went back to check and apparently missed it twice.

I’m genuinely surprised they’ve been able to handle the traffic for this long. The numbers are staggering!

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