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Machines are tools used by humans. Codeberg has banned a certain class of tool used by humans.

as is their right, and the wish of a very significant chunk of their users. you're still free to use other platforms.

"free to use other platforms" doesn't mean that Codeberg is a "free" platform.

might as well say Google is a free Git alternative because you're free to use another one since you can't use it for git

I don't know what this means. Is close source software open because you're free to use other software?