I realized about a decade ago that I don’t actually care about the code being open source as much. It’s the data and file formats that need to be open.
That way I have a path to migrate to a different product. That’s the true lock in for me.
Never noticed any difference or cared between gitlab being “open source” vs GitHub being closed source. As long as it’s an unaltered git repo and there are apis for my data.
If you use Github only for its repo hosting capabilities, sure. But there is CI, issue tracking, discussion history, the OAuth server and everything else that is built around the repo hosting and is used to lock people into the platform.
That way I have a path to migrate to a different product. That’s the true lock in for me.
Never noticed any difference or cared between gitlab being “open source” vs GitHub being closed source. As long as it’s an unaltered git repo and there are apis for my data.