> Ship isn't just another GitHub API client app. Ship's custom server code listens and watches for changes from GitHub, and pushes efficient delta updates to clients.
Looks like you connect to their servers for updates.
I'm not really a GitHub user anyway, but that to me is a complete red flag.
Even if you completely trust the company is doing the right thing with regards to being a man-in-the-middle by design, you're also dependent on them being financially successful and interested in this platform for the app to be useful long term.
Honestly the 'server' part sounds like a solution looking for a problem.
Looks like you connect to their servers for updates.