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Ask HN: GitHub, why it's bad for freelancers/external collaborators

1 pointsby glynjacksonalmost 9 years ago
I work as a freelance developer for two small companies (around 6-10 devs) and they both use GitHub privately. People are touting GitHub&#x27;s move to per-user pricing as a triumph! I feel it&#x27;s sneaky! Not only will both of my clients eventually have to pay for me, twice, but I think any new clients will be reluctant at adding me to their repo.<p>I&#x27;ve already heard of this happening! Middle management decided to switch to GitHub&#x27;s new plan in a friend&#x27;s company. Let&#x27;s call them Muppets! Next week, two new contractors start, management told him not to add any more users, and to just figure something out. He&#x27;s moving to BitBucket!<p>Is it just me, am I alone in my opinion that this was a bad move?

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