GitHub has removed the popular pirate streaming app VancedFlix from its servers in response to a takedown notice sent by Sky Italia. The request targets a similarly named repository on the developer platform, as well as the app's APK file that's linked under the download button on the official site VancedFlix.

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[–] Titou@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

guess it's time to switch to gitlab or any others github alternatives

[–] Carol@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

I mean, it's not the first time something like this has happened. And Github is from Microsoft, so... for this type of content is not a good alternative

[–] Chewy7324@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Gitlab.com also follows takedown notices, as do all other hosters based in a jurisdiction with similar rules.

Edit: The devs could send a counter-notice and reinstate their Github page, but that'd open them up to a lawsuit, for which they likely don't have the resources. It's the same situation as tge takedown of Tachiyomi.

But I agree, hopefully switching to another code host will solve the issue for the time being.

[–] Titou@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

is there any decentralized alternatives ?

[–] anzo@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

Codeberg develops and uses forgejo, which is working towards adding federation: https://forgejo.org/compare/#focus-on-forge-federation

Then of course git itself is p2p, you can use ssh (no web UI) and host it in many servers (git remote).

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago

Codeberg