Gitlab ideally wants clients in Silicon Valley but staff in Lahore.

For GitLab it doesn’t matter where their client resides because they don’t charge based on location. A client in Lahore pays the same as a client in Silicon Valley.

The metaphor is SV has stacks of cash for revenue

Never thought about this, but man, very much this.

It hits pretty hard when you think about it. The "product distribution" cost is the same worldwide on the internet, vs a physical good like a soft drinks can.