I think what they were trying to plan is fine. Maybe offering free repos is a loss leader in competition to the likes of GitHub, but useful services should have

I think what they were trying to plan is fine. Maybe offering free repos is a loss leader in competition to the likes of GitHub, but useful services should have a direct cost attached to it. I have a bunch of repos on there I haven't touched for years I was thinking of archiving them on my home server instead and maybe setup cgit or something for a web interface if it mattered. I don't really need 80% of GitLab features (or GitHub for that matter). It might be nice if someone sees it because of the navigability of these platforms and the visibility it affords. However, that hasn't happened. If they are saying that it has a cost, I can might as well self-host it for myself ... or not.