There is the threshold effect to consider also. Maintaining a gitlab instance is kind of ridiculous vs $300/yr. On the other hand, its not exactly rocket surg

There is the threshold effect to consider also. Maintaining a gitlab instance is kind of ridiculous vs $300/yr. On the other hand, its not exactly rocket surgery and $1300/yr would probably cover it. So its not a theoretical issue in an isolated abstract sense but market position issue. The competition isn't the employee lunch fund but is actual competitors. Aside from maintaining your own instance, I have no experience or contact with them but githost.io offers quite a bit for less than $100/month.