It is worth saying that half of GitLab's "crime" was the telemetry, the other half was the completely unprofessional way they rolled it out. They essentially di

It is worth saying that half of GitLab's "crime" was the telemetry, the other half was the completely unprofessional way they rolled it out. They essentially disabled people's paid for hosted GitLab accounts, until they agreed to the collection. See [0] from GitLab: > Starting with GitLab 12.4, existing customers who use our proprietary products (that is, GitLab.com and the Enterprise Edition of our self-managed offerings) may notice additional Javascript snippets that will interact with GitLab and/or third-party SaaS telemetry service (such as Pendo). [...] as we roll out this update you will be prompted to accept our new Terms of Service. Until the new Terms are accepted access to the web interface and API will be blocked. So, for users who have integrations with our API this will cause a brief pause in service via our API until the terms have been accepted by signing in to the web interface. At least Ubiquiti had the basic courtesy of not breaking people's paid service/devices to roll out their questionable telemetry. Even if it should be opt in, not opt out. [0] https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/34833 https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/issues/34833