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It's the removal of "paywalls" (e.g., license checks, product keys, etc.) in plugins. A lot of developers see this as "stealing" and unethical.
If you really want to see the shady, dishonest side, try to have a discussion about nulling plugins. You'll get called every name in the book for adhering to the GPL.
The part which did it in for me was learning that Matt personally owns Wordpress.org. It's not the Foundation. It's not Automattic. It's Matt, personally. Nope, that's a bus factor of one. I'm done.
This has been the approach since the M1s. See: https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/19/apple_m1_high_bandwid... > The SoC has access to 16GB of unified memory. This uses 4266 MT/s LPDDR4X SDRAM (synchronous DRAM) and is…
Reporting to Google is generally useless. Skim these search results. https://www.google.com/maps/search/deck+builder+chicago/ The a large percentage of these listings are fake. They're run by a single company who has…
The article update links to a Google Doc in which Matt takes issue with the following remark from the article: > he's a wealthy CEO of a for-profit corporation that is attacking a competitor Matt responds: > WP Engine…
Matt made a post a few weeks ago about his charitable donations.[0] It's really just a "I'm better than them" post. And it doesn't say where any of it was donated. 0. https://ma.tt/2024/09/charitable-contributions/
Harm of WP Engine.
I am not a lawyer, but I am really curious if this would amount to tortious interference.
Wow. I will never contribute anything to WordPress again.
You are abusing the community for your own gain. Stop!
> The launch is an intense marketing push with a component of artificial scarcity. I consider artificial scarcity to be an unethical practice. It's literally lying. It uses fake timers to pressure people into buying or…
The article has been updated. > The Foundation also licensed the name to the website WordPress.org, which facilitates widespread access to WordPress-related software at no charge.
This is straight from Matt, himself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41782365
Wordpress.org isn't a legal entity. It's simply a domain owned by Matt. It seems Matt has a license to use the Wordpress trademarks. The Wordpress Foundation is a non-profit legal entity with a tiny budget. It appears…
More context: "Due to recent events in the WordPress ecosystem, WP Engine employees have been blocked from accessing WordPress.org. This means the ACF team is unable to deploy updates to the free version of ACF hosted…
Matt Mullenweg is angry at WP Engine (owners of ACF). He thinks they don't contribute enough to Wordpress development, so he's enacted a "nuclear" approach to dealing with it. WP Engine has filed a lawsuit against…
He demanded either 8% of their gross revenue, the equivalent in development time for employees who would be directed by WordPress.org, or some combination thereof. He also demanded auditing of WP Engine by their direct…
WP Engine, itself. He is already threatening a "corporate takeover."[0] 0. https://www.therepository.email/mullenweg-threatens-corporat...
EIG is not Newfold Digital.[0] Matt has specifically praised EIG hosts.[1] He even praised Godaddy, a company which he called a "parasitic company" just a few years ago.[2] This is definitely not about subpar hosting…
WordPress.org blocked access for WP Engine to their developer account on the website. This means they can no longer push out plugin updates via this path.[0] This comes straight from Matt Mullenweg himself in an…
Free public services are a finite resource. Already existing software is not.
> But if you're making half a billion in revenue every year on top of someone else's tech, you need to stay involved and contribute back in a very significant way. Revenue is a red herring. It is not an appropriate…
Adding archives: https://archive.ph/KDb5g https://archive.ph/0oa73
It's the removal of "paywalls" (e.g., license checks, product keys, etc.) in plugins. A lot of developers see this as "stealing" and unethical.
If you really want to see the shady, dishonest side, try to have a discussion about nulling plugins. You'll get called every name in the book for adhering to the GPL.
The part which did it in for me was learning that Matt personally owns Wordpress.org. It's not the Foundation. It's not Automattic. It's Matt, personally. Nope, that's a bus factor of one. I'm done.
This has been the approach since the M1s. See: https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/19/apple_m1_high_bandwid... > The SoC has access to 16GB of unified memory. This uses 4266 MT/s LPDDR4X SDRAM (synchronous DRAM) and is…
Reporting to Google is generally useless. Skim these search results. https://www.google.com/maps/search/deck+builder+chicago/ The a large percentage of these listings are fake. They're run by a single company who has…
The article update links to a Google Doc in which Matt takes issue with the following remark from the article: > he's a wealthy CEO of a for-profit corporation that is attacking a competitor Matt responds: > WP Engine…
Matt made a post a few weeks ago about his charitable donations.[0] It's really just a "I'm better than them" post. And it doesn't say where any of it was donated. 0. https://ma.tt/2024/09/charitable-contributions/
Harm of WP Engine.
I am not a lawyer, but I am really curious if this would amount to tortious interference.
Wow. I will never contribute anything to WordPress again.
You are abusing the community for your own gain. Stop!
> The launch is an intense marketing push with a component of artificial scarcity. I consider artificial scarcity to be an unethical practice. It's literally lying. It uses fake timers to pressure people into buying or…
The article has been updated. > The Foundation also licensed the name to the website WordPress.org, which facilitates widespread access to WordPress-related software at no charge.
This is straight from Matt, himself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41782365
Wordpress.org isn't a legal entity. It's simply a domain owned by Matt. It seems Matt has a license to use the Wordpress trademarks. The Wordpress Foundation is a non-profit legal entity with a tiny budget. It appears…
More context: "Due to recent events in the WordPress ecosystem, WP Engine employees have been blocked from accessing WordPress.org. This means the ACF team is unable to deploy updates to the free version of ACF hosted…
Matt Mullenweg is angry at WP Engine (owners of ACF). He thinks they don't contribute enough to Wordpress development, so he's enacted a "nuclear" approach to dealing with it. WP Engine has filed a lawsuit against…
He demanded either 8% of their gross revenue, the equivalent in development time for employees who would be directed by WordPress.org, or some combination thereof. He also demanded auditing of WP Engine by their direct…
WP Engine, itself. He is already threatening a "corporate takeover."[0] 0. https://www.therepository.email/mullenweg-threatens-corporat...
EIG is not Newfold Digital.[0] Matt has specifically praised EIG hosts.[1] He even praised Godaddy, a company which he called a "parasitic company" just a few years ago.[2] This is definitely not about subpar hosting…
WordPress.org blocked access for WP Engine to their developer account on the website. This means they can no longer push out plugin updates via this path.[0] This comes straight from Matt Mullenweg himself in an…
Free public services are a finite resource. Already existing software is not.
> But if you're making half a billion in revenue every year on top of someone else's tech, you need to stay involved and contribute back in a very significant way. Revenue is a red herring. It is not an appropriate…