Submitted 2 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
Expect more enshittification coming your way.
I don’t think tech people understand how bad it is that Microsoft owns GitHub.
GitLab is one of the few places people could go if GitHub enshittifies too much. Google’s stake in it (or full ownership of it) would probably be a good thing, because it would be seen as an important strategic hedge against Microsoft. If it’s bought by a smaller player, I can see GitHub squeezing it into irrelevance.
I view Gitea as the real alternative to GitHub. I was very big on GitLab for a long time, and think any competition is good, but I’d really like it if more people could seriously invest in Gitea.
Forgejo?
It’s ironic that your alternative for GitHub is hosted on GitHub. That doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence.
I just wish GitHub wasn’t part of MS anymore.
I also don’t want Gitlab owned by another megacorp. They’ll both just be enshittifed to the ground at his point.
I just wish GitHub wasn’t part of MS anymore.
Too bad. Microsoft is using it as part of their extremely long term plan to control the software that developers use to do their jobs. VSCode is another front in that battle. Things are going slowly, but they’re winning.
Why the government? There are plenty of free git hosting services out there, take your pick. If gitlab goes away, move to gitea, forgejo, gitosis, etc.
GitLab is a parade of avoidable CVEs. There are better alternatives to worry for.
What is Source forge bought it lmao
Let’s explore the scenarios
Scenario 1: GitLab is acquired by Google
Scenario 2: GitLab is acquired by Apple
Scenario 3: GitLab is acquired by a State government
Scenario 4: It is acquired by Amazon
Scenario 5: It is acquired by the Linux Foundation
Scenario 6: It is acquired by the Federal Government
Scenario 7: It is acquired by IBM
Scenario 8: Gitlab is acquired by Wal*Mart
What if JetBrains bought it though
Let’s be real, 3 and 6 are not possible
This would explain why some people I know that work there are panicking.
Fuck
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 2 months ago
Typical that the title does mention Google (who currently has a minority stake) but not Datadog, who would become the new owner.
But yeah, I don’t foresee a new owner making things better for gitlab.
jonne@infosec.pub 2 months ago
I don’t know, seems like being owned by Google would be worse. They kill stuff left and right.
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 2 months ago
But they have been partially owned by Google for the past time, and the product has been great.
Google’s involvement is only going to lessen, so the only reason to put so much emphasis on that in the headline would be to get those rage clicks.
barsquid@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Oh, neat, DataDog. So if you add a new label to a repo your monthly bill would rocket to the moon.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I feel this so much. We evaluated them at work, and while they did pretty much exactly what we wanted, we weren’t willing to pay their fees.