We loved Github as a product when it needed to return or profit beyond "getting more users".
I feel this is just the natural trajectory for any VC-funded "service" that isn't actually profitable at the time you adopt it. Of course it's going to change for the worse to become profitable.
I don’t get it. Why making the UI shittier would possibly lead to more profit?
GitHub isn't VC funded at the moment, though. It's owned by Microsoft. Not that this necessarily changes your point.