A bit of a controversial talk on the latest WordCamp, by the WordPress.com owner Matt Mullenweg:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEcz7DrjYvY
Video timelines:
07:08:25 Mat gets on stage (along with the 2nd "t")
07:15:22 Prelude to the Lake Capital bashing
07:17:55 Bashing starts
07:20:10 Praising Newfold, Hostinger, and Google
07:21:12 Midlife crisis discussion
07:22:35 Mic broke?
07:26:20 WP Engine bash
07:28:55 Q1 'Did you really have to do this bashing?'
07:32:10 Q2 Question about crypto.
07:35:26 Q3 Question about Gutenberg turned into more WP Engine bashing
07:39:55 Q4 Matt accused of 'punching down'
07:43:00 Q5 Question about acquisitions - and more WP Engine bashing
07:45:20 Q6 Almost questions capitalism
07:50:20 Q7 An uplifting Wordpress praise (was that a small 'p'?
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07:52:09 Q8 Discussing the AI and the future
07:58:05 Q9 Theme and plugin development discussion
08:01:05 Q10 Wordpress robustness and auto-update praise, and classic editor EOL question
08:05:00 Q11 A funny note about the classic editor
08:05:56 Q12 Challenge accepted!
I don't use nor would I recommend WP Engine - my favourite hosting provider is a small privately owned US business - and I use Wordpress for writing cycling-related info and tutorials.
And yes... I... I actually prefer the block editor. LOL.
Now, that was an interesting discussion. It is not often that you can hear one huge corporation bashing another huge corporation (Lake Capital investment fond actually) after it has bouth the WP Engine hosting provider (that in turn bought some other WordPress-related services). That trend (of huge investment fonds acquiring and destroying everything) is bad. I wrote an article noting some of the largest acquisitions (but not all):
https://io.bikegremlin.com/33007/who-owns-who/
I also find it ironic that the Newfold Digital (a behemoth that destroyed many hosting providers and is basically doing what the Lake Capital was accused of) and Google (that is destroying many small, independent websites like mine among others) got highly praised - only because they contribute money to WordPress development (which is used to further the profits of the speaker's company among others).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEcz7DrjYvY
Video timelines:
07:08:25 Mat gets on stage (along with the 2nd "t")
07:15:22 Prelude to the Lake Capital bashing
07:17:55 Bashing starts

07:20:10 Praising Newfold, Hostinger, and Google
07:21:12 Midlife crisis discussion
07:22:35 Mic broke?
07:26:20 WP Engine bash
07:28:55 Q1 'Did you really have to do this bashing?'
07:32:10 Q2 Question about crypto.
07:35:26 Q3 Question about Gutenberg turned into more WP Engine bashing

07:39:55 Q4 Matt accused of 'punching down'
07:43:00 Q5 Question about acquisitions - and more WP Engine bashing

07:45:20 Q6 Almost questions capitalism
07:50:20 Q7 An uplifting Wordpress praise (was that a small 'p'?

07:52:09 Q8 Discussing the AI and the future
07:58:05 Q9 Theme and plugin development discussion
08:01:05 Q10 Wordpress robustness and auto-update praise, and classic editor EOL question
08:05:00 Q11 A funny note about the classic editor
08:05:56 Q12 Challenge accepted!

I don't use nor would I recommend WP Engine - my favourite hosting provider is a small privately owned US business - and I use Wordpress for writing cycling-related info and tutorials.

Now, that was an interesting discussion. It is not often that you can hear one huge corporation bashing another huge corporation (Lake Capital investment fond actually) after it has bouth the WP Engine hosting provider (that in turn bought some other WordPress-related services). That trend (of huge investment fonds acquiring and destroying everything) is bad. I wrote an article noting some of the largest acquisitions (but not all):
https://io.bikegremlin.com/33007/who-owns-who/
I also find it ironic that the Newfold Digital (a behemoth that destroyed many hosting providers and is basically doing what the Lake Capital was accused of) and Google (that is destroying many small, independent websites like mine among others) got highly praised - only because they contribute money to WordPress development (which is used to further the profits of the speaker's company among others).
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