I suspect the think was more along the lines of: let's slip it in and hope nobody notices or at least the ones that notice don't raise a hue and cry about it.
And now that it's turned out to be false, the dominant strategy is to offer a half apology along the lines of "We're sorry, we didn't expect that it'd be such a big deal".
Incidentally, it's quite reminiscent of the Grace Hopper quote: "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
> "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."
When people use that quote, I try to be charitable and assume that they don't intend its literal, face-value meaning.
But if they do, my response is: I will not forgive you because you're not truly repentant. This is all part of a strategy where you see what you can get away with, and you show no signs of repenting that overall strategy.
I don’t think that really applies to companies that are still living by the grace of their popularity.
Gitlab is heavily dependent on developers pushing their product to the enterprise, because any executive would be far more happy with Atlassian (e.g. cheap and it works)
> I suspect the think was more along the lines of: let's slip it in and hope nobody notices or at least the ones that notice don't raise a hue and cry about it.
"let's slip it in and hope nobody notices" == "mgmt heads up their asses"
And now that it's turned out to be false, the dominant strategy is to offer a half apology along the lines of "We're sorry, we didn't expect that it'd be such a big deal".
Incidentally, it's quite reminiscent of the Grace Hopper quote: "It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission."