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		janandonly on May 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: This blog is hosted on my Android phone I've never understood why Github would allow anyone to (mis)use it as a dumb hosting pipe?

digging on May 15, 2023 [–]

What do you mean? GitHub Pages is built to be a hosting platform for sites with modest needs. Am I misunderstanding your criticism?

janandonly on May 17, 2023 | [–]

GitHub is for hosting code, no? Why would they (or anyone else for that matter) give away free hosting is my question?

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