I regret migrating to Codeberg(xn--gckvb8fzb.com)
550 points by boramalper 49 days ago | 559 comments
tl;dr: The author moved from GitHub to Codeberg to escape Microsoft's "enshittification," but is now leaving after Codeberg updated its ToS to ban LLM-generated and cryptocurrency projects, arguing this crosses into censorship and sets a slippery precedent for a "free software" host. They propose Codeberg should have addressed the underlying resource-consumption issue with disclosure requirements, quotas, and paid tiers rather than blanket category bans. They're now setting up their own Git host, frustrated that the policy change was pushed through without meaningful user consultation.
HN Discussion:
  • Codeberg is a community resource with legitimate right to set hosting policies and priorities
  • The article mischaracterizes Codeberg's blog post and reasoning about resource consumption
  • The new rules are vague and unenforceable, creating arbitrary precedent for banning projects
  • Codeberg violates free software principles by restricting how users create code
  • ~Firsthand account of the voting process shows limited genuine user consultation occurred