So outages, which are recurring more and more often, adversely effects not just the DVCS, but also now CI/CD, and another things which used to be done with emails or chat rooms. Where there were multiple options for each, we now have a bunch of people handicapped because the One True Way to integrate under MSFT's watchful gaze is lost... Basically, those additional services are a bit like the offer to chew up the meat for "avid" eaters.

I actually don’t know how they do continuous integration during the collaborative Kernel development process. I’d guess there would be some thrifty pop/imap Perl hacks involved on random machines all across the globe?

No clue at all, just some romantic fantasy I just concocted.