Comment by ncruces

Big tech would be far more interested in slurping data than DDoS'ing them.

An issue with comments, linked to a PR with review comments, the commit stack implementing the feature, and further commits addressing comments is probably valuable data to train a coding agent.

Serving all that data is not just a matter of cloning the repo. It means hitting their (public, documented) API end points, that are likely more costly to run.

And if they rate limit the scrappers, the unscrupulous bunch will start spreading requests across the whole internet.