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		t0astbread on Oct 30, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Gitlab cancels plan on tracking user behavior on G... Not everyone wants tracking, even if that means sacrificing software quality. Making it mandatory is never excusable.

nidificate on Oct 30, 2019 [–]

It was opt-out, not mandatory.

t0astbread on Oct 30, 2019 | [–]

Was it? My bad. I thought I read something about GitLab planning to block access to the platform until you accepted the new ToS but maybe I was wrong.

My point still stands though.

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