Fortunately GitHub now has competition in the free offerings. It's no longer a question of being good enough. If GitLab is better, and OSS projects start moving

Fortunately GitHub now has competition in the free offerings. It's no longer a question of being good enough. If GitLab is better, and OSS projects start moving to GitLab in large numbers, those OSS developers will start asking their employers to pay for GitLab instead of GitHub when they need the paid offerings. GitHub not improving the free offerings while competitors do will affect their income.