I was really hoping this would be doing something obscure with git, I was curious why someone would pay a subscription for something that's a built-in git feature.

Unfortunately this was much more nefarious. I do see why some would pay for, I just wish they wouldn't/didn't have the option to

Haha as I read this, I was reminded of Jiffy Express: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e134NoLyTug