Please see how did we start paying team members according to the location in the first place and why we did it here: https://about.gitlab.com/2019/02/28/why-we-pay-local-rates/
Many more customers would be on gitlab if regional pricing exists. The profit number would go down though.
More candidates would apply to work for gitlab without the policy.
In both cases gitlab makes more money. Which is fine but spinning it doesn't seem right.