[r2vcap]

This is a serious issue. How is it possible for GitHub/Microsoft to charge me for using my own machine as a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner?

[Bognar]

They're charging you for orchestration, log storage, artifact storage, continued development of the runner binary itself and features available to self-hosted machines. What would your own machine do without the runner and service it connects to?

[handfuloflight]

They still have to manage state between their servers and yours.

[bdbdbdb]

I'll be investigating gitlab tomorrow

[000ooo000]

Have used all of the big 4 forges in anger over the last decade. GitLab isn't perfect, but I'd take it over GitHub any day of the week.

[kavaruka]

it charges you to use the platform features that enable your use of self-hosted runners

[naian]

For the same reason they charge you for running Word, even though you're the one who has to write, I guess?