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[44]: https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html
[45]: https://ilyaigpetrov.medium.com/github-shadowbans-anti-censorship-coder-account-for-a-link-to-the-christchurch-shootings-video-c79a80b408a9
[47]: https://github.blog/2020-12-17-no-cookie-for-you
# Direct practical problems with using Microsoft Github
1. A survey [shows][0] that a significant number of bug reports are
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1. Free software projects that rely on non-free software
"[put everyone at the whim of the groups and individuals who produce the tools they depend on][8],"
and it puts free software developers in a position of hypocrisy.
1. Someone caught Github sending a tracking pixel in the sidebar.
This was discovered in the browser's network tab:
`collector.githubapp.com/github/page_view?dimensions[page]=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2F&dimensions[title]=GitHub&dimensions[referrer]=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnotifications&dimensions[user_agent]=redacted&dimensions[screen_resolution]=1920x1080&dimensions[timestamp]=redacted&dimensions[referrer]=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnotifications&dimensions[actor_login]=myacoountname&`...
This was noticed after MS Github [claimed][47] to have removed
cookie banners because they "*want to protect developer privacy*".
## Ethical problems with using Microsoft products and services
8. Microsoft harms the **environment** by serving the two most destructive oil companies in the world: [ExxonMobil][9] and [Chevron][10].
7. Microsoft harms the **environment** by serving the two most destructive oil companies in the world: [ExxonMobil][9] and [Chevron][10].
1. (#ExxonKnew) Exxon notoriously [knew][11] about climate change
since 1977. They not only kept it secret from the public, but
they also financed a disinformation campaign.