@luisfcorreia I've been using ACF for over a decade, this is crazy. WTF is he thinking? Let's just take over this well respected premium plugin... because I can? Which plugin is next? He managed to destroy all trust in the #WordPress ecosystem within a few days.
@luisfcorreia from the standpoint of a big, german agency, this looks like a good thing. it is way better to rely on plugins maintained by automattic, than some random dude that has a "pro" version to offer. serious agencies do not use third-party plugins at all, though, so this wont matter the slightest. case in point, more agencies will start using this plugin going forward.
Thinking my choice to switch to WP for the personal site wasn't so wise. I've got other fish to fry before I loop back around to it, so I guess we'll see.
Demise? I was unaware that removing one seller of the service was considered a demise. Is there something else going on, a boycott or something I am unaware of?
@PHolder he's blocked people from the community for asking about a weird checkbox requirement and today maliciously took control over a popular plugin after blocking its maintainers from logging in.
I guess this is "normal" FOSS drama and not the end of anything. People just want to be able to host their site without drama, so first one to get that figured out wins. Eventually someone creates a system for WP plugins that doesn't require access to the .org domain or involve Matt. This will fork the community, and life will go on...
This is basically the same drama as the ones involving forcing Apple and Google to let 3rd party stores for their OSes have 1st party status.
i think i would paraphrase that by saying wp may still be a goto cms regardless of the power struggle and issues - the user base is so huge you would be dumb to pass it by, things will shake out and normalize
@gary_alderson depending on how much longer Matt is at the helm. He's burning every bit of goodwill to the ground. How long will employees and agencies stick around?
This has to have an impact on other Automattic products too. I’ve stopped using Day One and Beeper - I don’t feel I can trust them with personal data after behavior like this.
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That must be people who have the programming power to just Fork WordPress and tell them fuck you
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in reply to Jeff Geerling • • •it is way better to rely on plugins maintained by automattic, than some random dude that has a "pro" version to offer.
serious agencies do not use third-party plugins at all, though, so this wont matter the slightest. case in point, more agencies will start using this plugin going forward.
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in reply to Jeff Geerling • • •I guess this is "normal" FOSS drama and not the end of anything. People just want to be able to host their site without drama, so first one to get that figured out wins.
Eventually someone creates a system for WP plugins that doesn't require access to the .org domain or involve Matt. This will fork the community, and life will go on...
This is basically the same drama as the ones involving forcing Apple and Google to let 3rd party stores for their OSes have 1st party status.
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in reply to Jeff Geerling • • •Having been a part of WordPress community since 2006, I am so disappointed with Mullenweg’s action these days.
Maybe it’s time for a new platform.
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in reply to Jeff Geerling • • •just wait for the Forks plural
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