alt Hacker NewsIt's not an analogy. I use github actions. Many open source projects use github actions since it's _there_. In exchange, github gains conversions since users of their free tier grow accustomed with the service and recommend it for corporate use as well.
This system worked pre-LLM and turned github into the de facto _hub_ for software development. It was so good that microsoft, a company previously known for its "developers, developers, developers" stance decided to spend a cool bill on it.
The proposed suggestion is that we all must make sacrifices for the machine god: Developers shouldn't write code, only correct the machine when it's wrong, mathematicians must read the slop and derive new science from it and regular people must refrain from talking dirty to it so then
why the fuck not give it our water and power too?
The proposed solution was you pay more for what you consume, therefore consumption goes down making the system more stable. This makes sense until you extend it to public utilities and change it to a ration/limit. First, GitHub users care about GitHub stability. Nobody else does. Second, alternatives exist, nobody is forcing GitHub on anyone else. Third, no limitation is proposed just a cost adjustment. All reasons the GitHub arguement is sound.
Majority of public utility consumers don’t give a crap about GitHub or AI. They’d likely tell you to kick rocks if you proposed any type of ration or limitation for your assertion that “we all must make sacrifices for the machine god”. Data center development is getting plenty of community pushback for exactly this reason.
Your train of thought is probably more average amongst GitHub user population but I fear is wildly off average when compared to a general population/the public.