[omani]

funny you are talking about transparency while I refer to companies who care for politics.

Im talking about environments where you cant express your free opinion or have to apply to rules because of "politics".

back in the days we were just working. we cared about technology. those in control cared for money. which was absolutely fine.

today, you have to fit in some weird rules and companies play governments. if you talk negative (by eg expressing your free will) you get redacted.

thus has nothing to do with transparency btw. the transparency of gitlab can be good or can be bad. but that is another topic I guess.

[icebraining]

No, transparency was the topic being discussed! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21483935

[omani]

I think you dont get my point. degrading transparency is just a symptom. a symptom of all this.

[icebraining]

Fine. But even if it is, this seems hardly to be a problem exclusive to Gitlab. So what's the point of jumping ship? Won't you just end up in another similar environment?

[dogecoinbase]

back in the days we were just working. we cared about technology. those in control cared for money. which was absolutely fine.

Women and people of color were systemically discriminated against. Companies ignored environmental externalities, or worse actively campaigned to spread misinformation about them to the detriment of us all. Cities were destroyed by anti-corporate taxation measures enacted by those who cared for money, and now the people who provide basic services cannot afford to live there.

If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?

[omani]

I see your point. and even if I am a victim myself like you and many others, I cant just blame them and feel happy about it. I blame it on a the system. and...governments.

but see? this is political talk again. and I have no time for that. accept the things as they are and try to build tools to make the world a better place. and for me that means, actively do something myself.