alt Hacker NewsThey don’t rate limit someone who is browsing with a normal usage pattern. They did for a day or two, then discovered their mistake and fixed it.
> years
No.
> a few
I’ve always considered “a few” to be “between 3 and 12” and 60 is more than “a few”.
I'm speaking from direct experience over the past few years, from my home, work, and outside with a phone. Do you actually browse GitHub anonymously, or are you reflexively shifting blame?
If you need more proof, this is last year:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39322838
And this is another year before that:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36254129
Oh look, there's even visual proof in the discussion:
https://imgur.com/a/github-search-gated-behind-login-BT6uRIe