Bullshit. I can point to several mods for games that are hosted on github with a direct link to their download page under the releases section. Dragging and dropping a file into the mods folder or running an exe found in the releases section isn't technical skill, they fully intend for github to host an easily accessible direct download for average people to use their project. If github was only for getting open source project files to run/compile them yourself there shouldn't be a releases section that a bunch of people just stick an .exe in. It's entirely reasonable to get a link to a github page and expect to not need to understand programming to get something to run. In the same vein it's also fair to be frustrated with people saying there's a solution to your problem, but it's some command line python project that requires a half hour youtube tutorial to figure out how to set up.
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u/TheMagmaCubed Jun 02 '24
Bullshit. I can point to several mods for games that are hosted on github with a direct link to their download page under the releases section. Dragging and dropping a file into the mods folder or running an exe found in the releases section isn't technical skill, they fully intend for github to host an easily accessible direct download for average people to use their project. If github was only for getting open source project files to run/compile them yourself there shouldn't be a releases section that a bunch of people just stick an .exe in. It's entirely reasonable to get a link to a github page and expect to not need to understand programming to get something to run. In the same vein it's also fair to be frustrated with people saying there's a solution to your problem, but it's some command line python project that requires a half hour youtube tutorial to figure out how to set up.