GitHub cuts short offer to burn repos on CD after mockery ensues

GitHub, a Microsoft-owned subsidiary, offered to mail free CD-ROMs of public repositories to the first 1,000 applicants but withdrew the offer after public ridicule. The initiative, framed as a response to 'recent developments in physical media,' was speculated to mock Sony's 2028 discontinuation of optical media for PlayStation consoles. The offer included a Microsoft form for requests but was taken offline, with GitHub providing no official explanation.