@gitlab - a rule of thumb: If engineers are discussing why something's not OK, your CFO is wrong when he says "not an issue". Even before how user-hostile illegal this change would have been. Please don't fuck up a good product https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/10/30/gitlab_backtracks_on_plan_to_add_usage_telemetry_after_user_protests/ via @theregister