Github Walks Back Plan to Charge for Self-Hosted Runners

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ZuoCen_Liu

25 days ago

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Charging for self-hosted runners was always a strategic misalignment. The primary reason teams use self-hosted is not to save money, but for security (VPC access) and specialized hardware (GPUs/ARM). Adding a tax on infrastructure that GitHub doesn't even provide or maintain felt like double-dipping. Glad to see they realized this before eroding more developer trust

jjgreen

25 days ago

Postponed, not abandoned.

ChrisArchitect

25 days ago

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46304379

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