Gitlab.com makes tracking/telemetry compulsory

Drew DeVault already wrote an article in response to this:

https://sourcehut.org/blog/2019-10-23-srht-puts-users-first/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21339006

And is having a Pinboardian heyday with it on Mastodon:

https://cmpwn.com/@sir/103013369408178912

This was bound to happen. The "community" always finishes last if a company is involved with investors on the table and as far as GitLab's is concerned, they must please them with evidence of "growth" to attract more funding and more investors.

It is foolish to think that GitLab would really listen to the priorities of the "community" and so would do anything to turn a profit. Even disrespecting your privacy whilst "promoting" themselves as an alternative with zero spyware seems to have driven many devs to the platform.

I won't be surprised if another repository exodus happens again.