@strypey Your impression is half-right, half-wrong. I've had conversations with the CEO, been involved in negotiations on these things…
GitLab is sincere about caring about free software and being transparent etc. They want to not sell out (though they did take VC investment).
While some features go from EE to CE, the list of EE features has *grown* not shrunk, and there's no pattern of consistently moving EE features to CE eventually. They may move others, or they may further distinguish…