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A clear example is GitLab: they proclaim themselves full remote, but they pay salaries based on location.

Why an Engineer in SF can earn $200K / year, while you'll earn less than half of you live in Buenos Aires?

What about performance? Is the SF Engineer better than the BA one?

Having this huge paygaps based on location is bogus

Yeah, I had GitLab on my mind when I wrote my comment. I do think it's unfair for a fully remote company but they have their reasons. Its unfortunate developers with the same skill set can have a massive gap in salary because they live in different locations even though they bring same value to the company.

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