Microsoft is Locking Down Search for Public Code on GitHub

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Microsoft is Locking Down Search for Public Code on GitHub - Pawb.Social

Enshittification begins again

Companies are putting moats around their data (or the data they host) because AI needs data to train its models on. It is the same reason Reddit changed their API access.

I’ll even wager 20 imaginary internet coins that Wikipedia will require logins to do any searching within the next year.

I’ll even wager 20 imaginary internet coins that Wikipedia will require logins to do any searching within the next year.

I’ll take that bet. Being a community-driven non-profit, Wikipedia is different.

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