Because that makes so much sense. How do they expect people to use github registry if it requires a github account just to pull a public package. I have very little understanding for the choice. I guess its created first and foremost aimed at private repositories / packages but forcing everyone that wants to use a public github registry package to also have a github account and set up a access token is unsustainable

It's free so they want to know who is using it just in case if anyone will overuse it

@WozniakMac Pretty much every other service knows how to create a rate limiting. I doubt that github would be incapable of doing so.

Okay, thanks for this clear answer. This makes it absolutely unusable for us.