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Re: SourceForge's GitHub Importer

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Post by throwaway2016a »

Does anyone still use SourceForge after they started embedding adware with their download links? I give them credit for being an early innovator and I know they are under new management as of 2016 and supposedly put that behind them[1] but they have permanently lost my trust.

[1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...

Re: SourceForge's GitHub Importer

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Post by jimrandomh »

throwaway2016a wrote: post #2

Does anyone still use SourceForge after they started embedding adware with their download links? I give them credit for being an early innovator and I know they are under new management as of 2016 and supposedly put that behind them[1] but they have permanently lost my trust. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...

It's actually worse than that. As an open-source developer deciding where to host a project, I not only need to trust the host, I also need to expect users to also trust the host. If I expect 10% of potential users to bounce when they see that it's hosted on Sourceforge, well, hosting is enough of a commodity that I have no reason to give up on that 10%.

Re: SourceForge's GitHub Importer

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Post by miles »

throwaway2016a wrote: post #2

Does anyone still use SourceForge after they started embedding adware with their download links? I give them credit for being an early innovator and I know they are under new management as of 2016 and supposedly put that behind them[1] but they have permanently lost my trust. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...

There are still a number of venerable projects hosted on SF; here are a few:

ReactOS https://sourceforge.net/projects/reactos/

FreeDOS https://sourceforge.net/projects/freedos/

hdparm https://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/

7-Zip https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/

Re: SourceForge's GitHub Importer

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Post by Nicksil »

throwaway2016a wrote: post #2

Does anyone still use SourceForge after they started embedding adware with their download links? I give them credit for being an early innovator and I know they are under new management as of 2016 and supposedly put that behind them[1] but they have permanently lost my trust. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...

To be clear, the new owners did indeed -- not supposedly -- stop that behavior on day-one of their ownership.

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Post by duxup »

throwaway2016a wrote: post #2

Does anyone still use SourceForge after they started embedding adware with their download links? I give them credit for being an early innovator and I know they are under new management as of 2016 and supposedly put that behind them[1] but they have permanently lost my trust. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...

Yeah that was in the area of unforgivable as far as I'm concerned.

Re: SourceForge's GitHub Importer

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Post by yourduskquibble »

miles wrote: post #5
throwaway2016a wrote: post #2

Does anyone still use SourceForge after they started embedding adware with their download links? I give them credit for being an early innovator and I know they are under new management as of 2016 and supposedly put that behind them[1] but they have permanently lost my trust. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...

There are still a number of venerable projects hosted on SF; here are a few: ReactOS https://sourceforge.net/projects/reactos/ FreeDOS https://sourceforge.net/projects/freedos/ hdparm https://sourceforge.net/projects/hdparm/ 7-Zip https://sourceforge.net/projects/sevenzip/

Keepass as well.

Re: SourceForge's GitHub Importer

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Post by 1123581321 »

throwaway2016a wrote: post #2

Does anyone still use SourceForge after they started embedding adware with their download links? I give them credit for being an early innovator and I know they are under new management as of 2016 and supposedly put that behind them[1] but they have permanently lost my trust. [1] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/06/under...

They’re under different ownership; the new owners were apologetic about that nonsense and stopped it immediately. I don’t want to punish people for buying and fixing venerable Internet infrastructure, so though I was angry about the compromised downloads, I’ve no problem downloading from SourceForge since then.
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