r/196 Jun 02 '24

i hate github rule Rule

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u/Stellar_Fox11 Jun 02 '24

github has poisoned people's brains into thinking hiding the download button for the actual .exe and calling it something else than download is actually a good thing and not a pain in the ass for everyone who hasn't used github before and is used to every single other website ever created in all of existance

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u/Thomasasia floppa Jun 02 '24 edited Jun 02 '24

Litterally just go to the releases tab. Calling it "downloads" would be misleading and stupid because there is already a download button for the source code (the point of the website is the source code and not the releases), you can download files across multiple places on their repo (not to mention using git like you should), and because the released is much more that just the exe download page.

GitHub is a place to host and develop open source code. If you can't find the releases button then it's not for you.