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On the slim chance you're arguing in good faith and are just unaware. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_GIF
A number of analysis have been done on this subject. Polling showed that more people pronounce with a hard g. Most dictionaries list a hard g as the primary pronunciation. More words that begin with gi use the hard g.