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Agree to disagree.

goatherders 6y ago
Fair enough. You might be surprised (or not) how much software has stolen bits and how much data isn't exportable in any useful format. But glad to see all my comments on this topic keep getting down voted.
- type0 6y ago
  No one is surprised, you're just not adding anything to the conversation and it's probably why you're getting down-voted.
  - goatherders 6y ago
    Replying because this is interesting. I disagree with the article and some of the contents of the thread. I've explained why and answered questions directly. Contrarian POV isn't adding to the thread? I'm not baiting, asking a serious question.
    - type0 6y ago
      It's not good to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. I noticed in my own comments sometimes when I don't come of as genuine I usually get a bunch of down-votes (usually it's clumsy written shorter comments).
      - goatherders 6y ago
        Agree completely. I don't feel I was being contrarian here just to be contrarian. I do think it's silly that MM is posting on this. I do think the WP community is considerably more sensitive than other tech sectors with which I'm familiar. For as negative as tech/digital professionals are about Wix, it is a $16B company with $1b in annual revenue.
- austinkhale 6y ago
  I will add here that my biggest disagreement is treating a website hosting platform as some sort of proprietary content. I understand if they don't provide an export of their theme. I understand if they don't want to provide an export in some nice-to-use format. IANAL, but not allowing any sort of export at all should be illegal. At a minimum, someone should be able to email Wix support and get a CSV of the data _they created_ on the platform. The owner of the website is the copyright holder of the user generated content. The fact that they would have to go and copy/paste their own work, download their own images, etc. in order to move to a different provider absolutely cements my position to actively warn people in my sphere of influence to avoid Wix like a plague. The gall of a company to exploit the OSS parts of the web and to only take & take without ever giving is gross.

Agree to disagree.

Fair enough. You might be surprised (or not) how much software has stolen bits and how much data isn't exportable in any useful format. But glad to see all my comments on this topic keep getting down voted.

type0 6y ago
No one is surprised, you're just not adding anything to the conversation and it's probably why you're getting down-voted.
- goatherders 6y ago
  Replying because this is interesting. I disagree with the article and some of the contents of the thread. I've explained why and answered questions directly. Contrarian POV isn't adding to the thread? I'm not baiting, asking a serious question.
  - type0 6y ago
    It's not good to be contrarian for the sake of being contrarian. I noticed in my own comments sometimes when I don't come of as genuine I usually get a bunch of down-votes (usually it's clumsy written shorter comments).
    - goatherders 6y ago
      Agree completely. I don't feel I was being contrarian here just to be contrarian. I do think it's silly that MM is posting on this. I do think the WP community is considerably more sensitive than other tech sectors with which I'm familiar. For as negative as tech/digital professionals are about Wix, it is a $16B company with $1b in annual revenue.
austinkhale 6y ago
I will add here that my biggest disagreement is treating a website hosting platform as some sort of proprietary content. I understand if they don't provide an export of their theme. I understand if they don't want to provide an export in some nice-to-use format. IANAL, but not allowing any sort of export at all should be illegal. At a minimum, someone should be able to email Wix support and get a CSV of the data _they created_ on the platform. The owner of the website is the copyright holder of the user generated content. The fact that they would have to go and copy/paste their own work, download their own images, etc. in order to move to a different provider absolutely cements my position to actively warn people in my sphere of influence to avoid Wix like a plague. The gall of a company to exploit the OSS parts of the web and to only take & take without ever giving is gross.