[warning: biased, cynical and opinionated content ahead] To me this whole debacle feels like a forced error. Gitlab needs to find a way to profitability - fine

[warning: biased, cynical and opinionated content ahead] To me this whole debacle feels like a forced error. Gitlab needs to find a way to profitability - fine, I am very much in favour. But I can't shake the feeling that somewhere, someone, has made the mental association that "more user tracking == more money". It's worked for Google and Facebook, and it looks to be working for -vomit- modern infosec industry, where ever more aggressive end-user surveillance seems to be the easiest way to get two or even three bites of the apple. And that is why this whole thing feels like a re-enactment of a South Park episode: 1. Get more user data 2. ??? 3. Profit! Because from what I have read so far in this thread and the early linked issue, it does feel like shoehorning invasive user tracking has been a foregone conclusion and figuring out a justification has come second.