Stack Overflow has seen a substantial decline in traffic over the last year that appears to be accelerating. https://observablehq.com/@ayhanfuat/the-fall-of-stack-overflow
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I don't get why programmers, especially ones actually working on open source projects, insist on using proprietary services. Stack Overflow is one, also GitHub.
It's unfortunate, but the reality is that many of the proprietary services are... free, convenient, and where the people are.
Most projects do not have a lot of funding, so it makes sense to use low cost platforms with the least amount of friction. I think most developers are aware of the risks and trade-offs, but make a pragmatic decision to use these proprietary services b/c the benefits for them outweigh the costs.
Because there are no free and quality alternatives.
Because it's free and reliable
If you decide to start a project but somehow decide to self-host a git repository, ticketing service, CICD pipelines, etc... You no longer work on said project and instead you're the system administrator of half a dozen services.
...or you register an account with the likes of GitHub/gitlab, and stay coding right away.