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Re:Introducing paid subscriptions on GitLab.com by daenney on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @04:18PM (#14092051)
But that's not changing. The free plan retains unlimited private repositories. The only thing that's changing for free is the amount of time they can run CI for free.

As noted in both the article you're commenting on and their (linked in that same article) product[1] site that lists the different plans:

  FREE
  2,000 CI pipeline minutes per month
  Unlimited private projects and collaborators
[1]: https://about.gitlab.com/gitlab-com/
Re:Introducing paid subscriptions on GitLab.com by newsat13 on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @04:28PM (#14092142)
I should have been more clear. (In my mind) The primary reason why people go to gitlab.com was for "free" tier. This is basically for free everything. Now that CI is paid, I am wondering how this will work out.

For me, this is great news. I generally tend to steer away from free (as in beer) products from startups since it is a sure shot sign of things to come (again, personal opinion).

Re:Introducing paid subscriptions on GitLab.com by razer6 on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @05:17PM (#14092529)
CI is still free. For public repos nothing changes related to CI. For private repos, the build time is limited. However, you always can use a custom runner for your private repo to have unlimited minutes.
Re:Introducing paid subscriptions on GitLab.com by EduardoBautista on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @04:32PM (#14092172)
You can still use the CI for free.