Man is on a mission to destroy WordPress and I’m here for it.
What is your problem with WordPress? Isn’t it part of the fediverse and entirely open source?
The plugin ecosystem is full of freemium garbage. It’s also designed so a functional site basically requires the jetpack plugin, which is a connector to automattic’s proprietary SaaS.
The codebase is old, like mostly procedural PHP. It’s got a long history of security issues, and is just a pain to work with. And it’s run by a megalomaniac who doesn’t seem to understand what running an open source project is about.
I could open-source defecating into your hands and clapping if you like, but it probably won’t increase demand or convert people, even open source advocates, into true believers if they don’t already like doing it.
And there are absolutely problems with Mullenweg’s stewardship, whatever else you might think of the product.
He is a poor man’s musk
Automatticians who contributed to core will instead focus on for-profit projects within Automattic, such as WordPress.com, Pressable, WPVIP, Jetpack, and WooCommerce.
And with that, I’m out. He’s literally doing the very thing he’s been accusing others of doing.
Probably a good thing I started seriously exploring Ghost today. Seems like a great alternative.
Switch to ClassicPress: https://www.classicpress.net/
Compatible with the same WP plugins.
