WhatA browser extension or monitoring service that detects when platforms like GitHub start gating public content behind login walls and provides alerts or workarounds.
SignalUsers are noticing and frustrated by platforms increasingly requiring login to view previously public content, drawing comparisons to LinkedIn's aggressive gating strategy — suggesting a broader trend of enshittification hitting developer tools.
Why NowMajor platforms are systematically adding login walls to public content as they chase engagement metrics, and developers are particularly sensitive to this trend given their reliance on open-source repositories.
MarketDevelopers and open-source consumers; adjacent to privacy tools market (~$2B); competes loosely with archive.org and browser privacy extensions but nothing specifically tracks platform access degradation.
MoatCrowdsourced detection data from users across platforms creates a unique dataset of access policy changes over time.
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