If your IP (and possible your browser) looks “suspicious” or has been used by other users before, you need to add additional information for registration on gitlab.com, which includes your mobile phone number and possibly credit card information. Since it is not possible to contribute or even report issues on open source projects without doing so, I do not think any open source project should use this service until they change that.

Screenshot: https://i.ibb.co/XsfcfHf/gitlab.png

  • TxzK
    551·
    11 months ago

    Fuck GitLab. I used to use it until recently moved all my projects to codeberg. Way better. GitLab is becoming more and more like GitHub.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.world
      151·
      11 months ago

      GitLab is becoming more and more like GitHub.

      Well, duh. That’s the sales pitch: “Like GitHub, but cheaper.”

      • Max-P@lemmy.max-p.me
        9·
        11 months ago

        Except it’s way more expensive than GitHub. They jacked up the prices pretty hard. Now it’s like $15/contributor for private orgs, and it’s like $5 on GitHub for the same and more features.

        • woelkchen@lemmy.world
          3·
          11 months ago

          Except it’s way more expensive than GitHub. They jacked up the prices pretty hard. Now it’s like $15/contributor for private orgs, and it’s like $5 on GitHub for the same and more features.

          Free for self-hosting, though.

        • fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          11 months ago

          Yeah I’m not gonna lie GitHub has clearly been trying to keep up with gitlabs feature set not the other way around for years

    • lionkoy5555@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      For some people with less tech knowledge with git hosting, what’s the (remaining if any) advantage of Gitlab if alternatives like codeberg exists?