I did end up at the Boston wordcamp conference where one of the Gutenberg developers was speaking as the keynote. Like the article says: They see for-profit s

I did end up at the Boston wordcamp conference where one of the Gutenberg developers was speaking as the keynote. Like the article says: They see for-profit site builders: squarespace, wix ... as eating Wordpress market share and feel a need to advance Wordpress to make it competitive. They know it’s risky but they see it as an important way to stay relevant. Wordpress users seem on board with this. A lot of them aren’t developers and want easier solutions to hand their clients. (Except the guy with the “Gutenberg not in core t short”