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Wow, Gitlab has gotten ridiculous. They're making me sign up for an account, verify email, go through two captchas, and fill out a survey before they'll let me

by tedivm 3y ago

Wow, Gitlab has gotten ridiculous. They're making me sign up for an account, verify email, go through two captchas, and fill out a survey before they'll let me view the repository. . . . and now that I've done all that the repository is 404ing.

xnx 3y ago
Phone number verification also fails for Google Voice.
- djbusby 3y ago
  Loads of services have that issue, not just GitLab. Some are even blocking Twilio numbers.
  - simfree 3y ago
    Twilio is registered on the PSTN as an IPES, if your making the effort to block non-wireless OCNs, then your gonna block Twilio.
    - efilife 3y ago
      You are* https://youryoure.com/ https://youryoure.com/
      - nashashmi 3y ago
        Ur
xk_id 3y ago
They really had an opportunity to capture significant market share and they ruined it. Their interface also doesn’t work without javascript. What a shame.
- serial_dev 3y ago
  I suspect it was a conscious decision, they went for large, paying, enterprise customers instead of fighting for the free, public, and open source projects.
- userbinator 3y ago
  GitHub isn't usable without JS either anymore. (A long time ago, I clearly remember it did. There's nothing about browsing files or participating in the effective forum that's called "Issues" which fundamentally requires JS.)
  - apag 2y ago
    It’s now usable without JS once again. It was not long ago that repositories stopped being viewable without JS enabled, but they are now again. I hadn’t tried interacting in Issues without JS enabled in years, but I just tried to out of curiosity and successfully replied to an issue that way. I must admit to finding myself quietly impressed that any place would be capable of reversing itself on a decision like that.
- speedgoose 3y ago
  Why would they have to make their interface work without JavaScript? The few people who block JavaScript for sure know how to enable JavaScript again. And if they block JavaScript for security and trust reasons, well, they are going to download software from gitlab and run it anyway.
  - philwelch 3y ago
    This is the attitude that has ruined the entire web. The real question should be: why is JavaScript necessary and what does it add? (In the majority of applications, absolutely nothing.)
    - speedgoose 3y ago
      It adds interactivity and dynamic features that would be pretty slow or very challenging to implement in pure HTML/CSS.
wkat4242 3y ago
I think the sign up page is because the repo is blocked. It probably redirects to that for non-logged-in users.

by tedivm 3y ago

xnx 3y ago

Phone number verification also fails for Google Voice.

djbusby 3y ago
Loads of services have that issue, not just GitLab. Some are even blocking Twilio numbers.
- simfree 3y ago
  Twilio is registered on the PSTN as an IPES, if your making the effort to block non-wireless OCNs, then your gonna block Twilio.
  - efilife 3y ago
    You are* https://youryoure.com/ https://youryoure.com/
    - nashashmi 3y ago
      Ur

xk_id 3y ago

They really had an opportunity to capture significant market share and they ruined it. Their interface also doesn’t work without javascript. What a shame.

serial_dev 3y ago
I suspect it was a conscious decision, they went for large, paying, enterprise customers instead of fighting for the free, public, and open source projects.
userbinator 3y ago
GitHub isn't usable without JS either anymore. (A long time ago, I clearly remember it did. There's nothing about browsing files or participating in the effective forum that's called "Issues" which fundamentally requires JS.)
- apag 2y ago
  It’s now usable without JS once again. It was not long ago that repositories stopped being viewable without JS enabled, but they are now again. I hadn’t tried interacting in Issues without JS enabled in years, but I just tried to out of curiosity and successfully replied to an issue that way. I must admit to finding myself quietly impressed that any place would be capable of reversing itself on a decision like that.
speedgoose 3y ago
Why would they have to make their interface work without JavaScript? The few people who block JavaScript for sure know how to enable JavaScript again. And if they block JavaScript for security and trust reasons, well, they are going to download software from gitlab and run it anyway.
- philwelch 3y ago
  This is the attitude that has ruined the entire web. The real question should be: why is JavaScript necessary and what does it add? (In the majority of applications, absolutely nothing.)
  - speedgoose 3y ago
    It adds interactivity and dynamic features that would be pretty slow or very challenging to implement in pure HTML/CSS.

wkat4242 3y ago

I think the sign up page is because the repo is blocked. It probably redirects to that for non-logged-in users.