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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That went so well until your proposed alternative was Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least github is easier than the shit that is nexusmods

Also there are alternatives

Gitlab.. sourceforge..

Ive downloaded a lot of mods from sourceforge over the years

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ive downloaded a lot of mods from sourceforge over the years

Your poor malware ridden computer….

[–] mindbleach 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, but all of it's for Windows XP.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know what Microsoft's general reputation is, but it's undeniable that GitHub has only seen improvements since Microsoft acquired it.

[–] Patches 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

since Microsoft acquired it.

Embrace

Extend

Estinquish

They have not changed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That only makes sense if Microsoft had a GotHub competitor lol. I think it was more about getting that juicy data and making copilot.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, an alternative using git would be good probably, but maybe don't use github. Preferably though, it'd be agnostic and just target some git repo anywhere. It'd pull from a description file for the page to ensure a uniform appearance preferably, and it'd show and manage versions from some uniformly named folder on the repo.