ETA: I think I see now, you're thinking that I am suggesting this is a comment on GitLab at large, when it's more likely an isolated incident. I would agree with that. I didn't mean to imply otherwise, but I understand how it came off that way.
You're saying that I am generalizing too broadly from my experience working remotely? Just linking articles like this is kinda unhelpful, I'd prefer if you stated what your objection was, rather than leaving me to guess and to make your argument for you. That might not be as dramatic as linking an article like a mic drop but it's more productive and prevents misunderstandings.
What I'm saying is that in a remote company (distributed across many timezones anyway), you encounter this situation regularly. So you'd expect the culture of those companies to be prepared for this situation. If I'm missing something in that analysis, I'm happy to be corrected on it.
(I'd point out this was exactly the kind of confusion I was talking about. We had different ideas about what argument I was making, so when I tried to interpret what your criticism was, I guessed wrong.)