If you felt like being cynical, you could say that this (along with the package repository stuff) is the beginning of the "extend" phase of the "embrace, extend, extinguish" of Microsoft of old.
On its face it's nothing but positive. But at the same time, many of us are recognizing that there's just something that feels a little bit off about this.
Thanks for validating the concern. Truly appreciate that.
I don't like to be cynical! I promise it's not my default mode!
There are a hundred more funding experiments to run in open source. And open source is the playground for the wider world to improve funding! (Non-profit land is effed, and they need help from our learning :) We need to try/fail/win at designing these imaginaries together! That's perhaps what offends me most about the funding distortions they're applying.
It's disingenuous for GitHub to suggest they be trusted to lead the funding ecosystem when they kick it off with these shenanigans and huge distortions :)
On its face it's nothing but positive. But at the same time, many of us are recognizing that there's just something that feels a little bit off about this.