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?
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.
And that is not just a company or "capitalism" problem. That's a society problem.
If you are not some public figure, if you cry out "thief", you can expect people to tell you to "shut up" instead^[instead of admonishing the thief for its thievery], while the thief, who might have some amount of local power, will get to smack you right in front of them.
Why? Because to them, you are the problem for making too much noise. Because you don't let bygones be bygones.
If someone has the gall to steal in front of everyone and not be said anything before you cry, perhaps you want to be looking at the bystanders with a fair amount of suspicion. In our case however, we already know the bystanders (talking about governments here) are guilty and that they are already all too powerful and the others are just standing too far and like ants to the thieves.