I had an interesting email come in about billing. GitHub thinks I owe them money...cents on the dollar but still $$. I am on the free tier on GitHub and have been the past 15+ years.
Up til recently, ive had no bills and im not an admin on any org. It looks like all my GitHub actions on my repos are accruing billing now. None of these repos are private. So im not 100% why this is occurring.
Has this happened to anyone else? Is there something im missing here?
User 1: "I pointed a loaded gun at my foot, and now shot myself!"
User 2: "Don't do that."
Okay, everyone knows guns are literal weapons. Not everyone has the time to look into things and develop an anticorporate opinion to the point simply using a service is a loaded weapon and simply using it is cause enough for "no sympathy, sucks to be you!" when they have trouble with it. Maybe this might make them change their minds eventually, but even if it doesn't… this seems a bit more blaming the victim. Get angry at the corporation, not the person who wasn't born believing corporations bad. If I fail to lock my door, that is probably unwise of me, but everyone should be more mad at the thief for stealing from me in the first place.
Since you're getting downvoted, maybe you want to explain why using Github free is "pointing a loaded gun at your foot"?
I'm using github for a bunch of my public repos as a free backup service... Why would I want to use a self hosted or way more obscure git forge? Seems riskier than just dumping it on github
Because you're essentially putting data into a limbo, in hopes that a heavily profit oriented company does not fuck you as they please. They need more money? They'll charge money. Someone with any power reports you? You're banned/striked, no questions asked. Much cheaper and convenient than giving a second thought. And, of course, automated. You lose decades of work? No one will care if you aren't either a company earning millions or are a huge public figure.
The model of for-profit companies, especially as hosters for services, is deeply flawed.