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Literally reported him on github, for all the good that will do.
I'm afraid that reporting him to another big corporation(Microsoft owns Github) is rather futile.
You're right, why are we allowing the internet be be monopolized like this? it is futile because we're basically giving up all control and forming a dependence on these few select tech companies.
Fediverse is the opposition to that
Next steps are getting rid capitalism
If you think that's a realistic next step, you're crazy.
Its technically "dropper malware".
There is a Black Mirror episode that has something very similar
Same
Would reporting it actually do anything? Other than them just moving to Gitlab, I don't know why publishing this anywhere was even needed by them