I'll say the same thing I said [0] on yesterday's thread [1] about this:
I didn't care for the feature (I have no issues with AI/LLMs but it just wasn't useful IMHO) but the backlash was ridiculous and embarrassing for everyone complaining about an opt-in feature. The comments on the GitLab ticket and here on HN were examples of some of the worst people (or people at their worst) in our industry.