Codeberg was competition for the EU, in the topic of tech-sovereignty which is a incredibly hot topic in the EU. With the US abusing it's position not only recently but years past, the EU is accelerating funding and plans to decouple from anything the US can mess with legally. Much of that sentiment has been spreading all over the EU governments and software communities.
replyGitHub for all its purposes remains a platform hostile to EU interests long term.
I don't think they were saying that there aren't reasons to not use github, in or out of the USA, but rather that codeberg was already not a contender for many use cases due to their existing rules restricting private/non-OSS repos.
replyIt's apples to oranges. No matter how many reasons one has to avoid github, Codeberg is only an alternative for open source hosting.
replyAre there any alternatives that you could use for closed source development that aren't owned by US entities?