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I don't follow. You won't support gitlab, because people who use it won't spend money, instead preferring to support github, which is cheaper than gitlab across
by yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
I don't follow. You won't support gitlab, because people who use it won't spend money, instead preferring to support github, which is cheaper than gitlab across the board?
- exac 2y agoHe is talking about people self-hosting GitLab (so they aren't paying monthly fees to GitLab), and comparing the Engineering hours + server uptime costs + related costs to just paying for GitHub (which is cheaper).
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y agoI assume he's talking about people self-hosting gitlab CE since the paid versions cost the same regardless. But if that's the comparison, then I would expect to compare to folks who exclusively use github's free offering.
- wink 2y agoNo, because hardly any companies would use github free, so I think the comparison isn't too bad. The "no costs" is a wild argument to me though, because I've seen "we want it locally available" and "we can't put code in the cloud/"laws"" etc, but never "this is cheaper than a couple bucks per month"
- elaus 2y agoYes, it's a strange argument in my opinion. He also argues that almost all open source projects live on Github, but those don't pay money for dev products either.