Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
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Re: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
#2This comment, from the CFO, is particularly nasty: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/14182#no...
Re: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
#3This comment, from the CFO, is particularly nasty: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/14182#no...
I wonder if Microsoft not allowing full telemetry opt-out in Windows 10 opened a precedent for this kind if thing.
Re: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
#4This comment, from the CFO, is particularly nasty: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/14182#no...
At least they said what they actually thought and opened a discussion instead of spewing one of the standard canned PR statements. The replies are a pretty good source of arguing against the position he took and now can be referenced by anyone else having a similar discussion.
Re: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
#5remember when everyone was bailing on github because of evil microsoft?
Re: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
#6remember when everyone was bailing on github because of evil microsoft?
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Re: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
#7This comment, from the CFO, is particularly nasty: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/14182#no...
At least they said what they actually thought and opened a discussion instead of spewing one of the standard canned PR statements. The replies are a pretty good source of arguing against the position he took and now can be referenced by anyone else having a similar discussion.
Did they said that because they always speak they're minds or because forced telemetry is becoming a norm? We will never know I guess.
Re: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
#8Gitlab has also committed to doing a post-mortem on this, just as they do for crashes or data breaches, which is a good thing.
Re: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
#9This comment, from the CFO, is particularly nasty: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/14182#no...
You may or may not agree with that comment, but it is not nasty. What is nasty, on the other hand, is the vitriolic reaction to it. So far I count 16 "middle finger" emojis, including one with the subtitle "incompentent or malicious CFO". In what world does a disagreement over the right level of telemetry justify this kind of behavior?
It's mind-boggling to me how entitled and aggressive the open-source culture is allowed to be. Does a company like Gitlab really deserve to have its employees publicly insulted in this way, after giving away so much to their users, for free, and being so much more transparent than 99% of tech companies?
At this point I don't understand why anyone in their right mind would go to the trouble of making their product open-source. It's just not worth it.
Re: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on GitLab.com
#10This comment, from the CFO, is particularly nasty: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/merge_requests/14182#no...
You may or may not agree with that comment, but it is not nasty. What is nasty, on the other hand, is the vitriolic reaction to it. So far I count 16 "middle finger" emojis, including one with the subtitle "incompentent or malicious CFO". In what world does a disagreement over the right level of telemetry justify this kind of behavior? It's mind-boggling to me how entitled and aggressive the open-source culture is al…
> "It's mind-boggling to me how entitled and aggressive the open-source culture is allowed to be."
'Allowed' to be? The "open source culture" is the sum of the participants and participation is open to the general public. If being rude were "not allowed" who would be doing the not allowing and why should they be so empowered over members of the general public?