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Automattic creates website tracking WP Engine departures • The Register (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 week ago by sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to c/technology

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cross-posted from: https://lazysoci.al/post/19171536

My earnest hope is that all of the former WordPress community supporters and contributors, swivel and start investing their time and effort into WriteFreely.

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[–] halm@leminal.space 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This weird grudge match is devolving more and more into schoolyard tactics. I've been wary of all the Automattic service integrations even in self hosted WP, and it's turning out even worse than I could imagine. Not with simple enshittification, but with a complete egomaniacal tantrum.

My earnest hope is that all of the former WordPress community supporters and contributors, swivel and start investing their time and effort into WriteFreely.

I'm afraid there won't be one replacement for WordPress, because it has so many applications. The pure blogging aspect could be substituted by Writefreely, more advanced users may go to Ghost, and I'm not sure what small business and corporate websites will turn to?

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 6 points 1 week ago

I'm afraid there won't be one replacement for WordPress, because it has so many applications. The pure blogging aspect could be substituted by Writefreely, more advanced users may go to Ghost, and I'm not sure what small business and corporate websites will turn to?

I think this is probably the best solution. All the power shouldn't be centralised.

[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 13 points 1 week ago

He is insane

All that info is publicly available, but a nice CSV ready to be fed to spambots isn't a really good idea...

If I was involved with wordpress for business, i would start to find a plan b, because now they target wp engine, then who's next?