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> They can wait you out.

Sure, but git repo hosting is a commodity, unlike, say, controlling the Java ecosystem. The full code and history is maintained on all developer machines (at least for the master branch), and the metadata like issues, PRs etc. can be easily migrated off to GitLab.

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It's a commodity until they extend it with stuff that locks you in, like (to be fair) Gitlab is also doing eg. CI, hooks etc. The whole playbook has always been to quietly remove compatibility and take the most locking-in possible approach. (proprietary standards etc etc).

I swear we're not trying to lock you in we're just implementing feature X that's been requested for years. Yes it does break compatibility with Y, but while Y is stable it's outdated and not capable of doing X without too much work.

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