I guess it depends on your perspective whether this is the case. With the current policy, if the implementation works, GitLab employees should be free to move anywhere without sacrificing anything in terms of living conditions. If you live somewhere with low costs of living, you can move to your community in an area with higher costs of living, without noticing in the amount of things you can purchase. The same holds true when you move to an area with lower costs of living, but of course, you'd get paid less.
I guess it depends on your perspective whether this is the case. With the current policy, if the implementation works, GitLab employees should be free to move anywhere without sacrificing anything in terms of living conditions. If you live somewhere with low costs of living, you can move to your community in an area with higher costs of living, without noticing in the amount of things you can purchase. The same holds true when you move to an area with lower costs of living, but of course, you'd get paid less.