GitHub new “PRO” badges is a joke?

14 points by hilaly 7y ago ↗ HN

Github show up today with new "PRO" banners bellow pictures in users profiles and also in miniatures after mouseover . Almost 80% of people i searched for have this banner. I just want to understand what kind of utility does new badge bring off to the community when there is only a "PRO" and no badge.

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tomtompl 7y ago ↗

Pro = paid subscription

thenetadmin 7y ago ↗

Well, this makes sense...

heyjudy 7y ago ↗

Surprised Microsoft didn't shame unpaid users directly and offer premium merge options yet.

thenetadmin 7y ago ↗

https://blog.github.com/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/

Here's the explaination.

szhu 7y ago ↗

I finally caved and started paying for GitHub 3 days ago… time to downgrade back to free!

kfei 7y ago ↗

Same here.

ajunior 7y ago ↗

GitHub Developers is now PRO. https://blog.github.com/changelog/2019-01-08-pricing-changes...

[dead] benmcm1994 7y ago ↗

All students receive github pro status btw. I just noticed thats why I and my friend have it.

JCharante 7y ago ↗

Does anyone find it funny how when you sign up for the student developer pack, GitHub gives you a $7/mo discount for 2 years, but still considers you having the first tier of their subscription, so now the only people with a PRO badge are actually students.