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Fuck's sake, people. Gitlab already didn't allow search unless you were logged in.
This ain't enshittification.
I don't know that "requiring a free account" is enshitification.
Enshitification is the pursuit of profits at the expense of users and core experience.
Sure, it's annoying. Especially if I'm checking something on a random computer that I don't want to log into GitHub with.
But worst case, I can search on my phone then navigate to the file.
Right, and at the expense of who?
You can't just quote a small section of what I say, and "gotcha" me.
How is this at the expense of users or core experience ?
I'm clearly using GitHub wrong if the search feature is that important.
Just download the code. You don't have to be logged in for that (that would be more of an example of enshitification). Then you can search it however you want.
Well for the experience of users, cookies/tracking/having to log in.
Personally, I'm annoyed when I'm trying to do a basic function and am forced to log in. I'm not affected by this particular case with GitHub, but as a user where this happens elsewhere it is annoying.
I'd be interested in the rationale behind the decision, asking your same question to them. Why do they need account login to search repositories?