I would agree if this came with changes that would block out newcomers. But third parties can still build just as they always have been.

As a user, I like that new features are now free instead of paid plugins.

I see this more as trying to get to parity with GitLab with a function of more advanced maturity with cloud computing that’s making it cheaper for Github to run more scheduled task type stuff (scanning and alerting workflow).

I think it will be hard for third parties to compete with free, but it’s kind of like with phones added flashlight to the OS. Sucked for the flashlight app makers.

That being said, I think like will be rough for TravisCI and all the web based software PM products as this is an area where GitLab has more features than GitHub and I think they’ll be growing.