> A fish is unable to leave As surprising as it may sound, I think more fish manage to wiggle away from the hook than are caught. Ask any fisherman. They wiggl

> A fish is unable to leave As surprising as it may sound, I think more fish manage to wiggle away from the hook than are caught. Ask any fisherman. They wiggle away with a mouth full of blood, which is what the users who have to migrate from a lock-in situation figuratively do. Let's turn the argument on its head: GitLab can still offer the features for free, it just chooses not to. And unlike the users they have full control over the situation. GitLab decided to pull the trigger and the users have to dodge and wiggle to get away with "only" superficial wounds. That's a shitty way to deal with the situation. They could have very well grandfathered the accounts with the freebies but instead they took advantage of the situation that people have a harder time leaving than they had coming, and the power imbalance this creates.