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I watched the video/stream he did, and have very little good to say about it. while he may be right about it, cool; trademark infringement, yeah, they didn't gi
by privacymatters4 2y ago
I watched the video/stream he did, and have very little good to say about it. while he may be right about it, cool; trademark infringement, yeah, they didn't give back, there's a feud; I'm sure it goes deep.
He disabled millions of wordpress sites from being able to update/access things. Plugins.. functionality.. Sure, they don't deserve to get free API access and all that; none of that matters.
What about non-profits for animal shelters, programs like st judes, things where livelihoods depend on it and they don't even know what an API or domain name is let alone what all this stuff is about and their whole stream of operations comes crumbling down because they paid somebody to set it all up for them and all they know to do is long in to wp-admin and press 'update' and make blog posts and check their 'payments' etc and modify/add things like their woo commerce plugins?
We're smart, we know what all this means, a lot of people I come across in the real world can utilize wordpress because it's easy for them, but if I explain in depth how things work they look at me like I'm speaking a foreign language.
He doesn't care.
I don't need that question answered. I already know.
I don't have an opinion on it, but when 75% of the internet is running wordpress, have some tact.
- aphroz 2y agoIf they don't know, now they know
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- timeon 2y agoAs far as I know any WP instance is able to upload plugins/themes.
- AlienRobot 2y agoWell, first, your website won't explode just because you can't update the plugins. If it's running just fine now, it can probably keep running just fine for months. Second, WP Engine can create their own repository of plugins to update their customers' plugins instead of relying on Wordpress.org. Third, WP Engine customers can just leave to another host if WP Engine can't actually provide the service they are selling.
- EasyMark 2y agoI think the big issue is there was basically no warning and Matt is harming a LOT of innocent people/businesses because of a temper tantrum, rather than being responsible, giving 90 day notice to everyone (I mean this has been de facto status for 10+ years) and give them a chance to adjust. Instead he just tried to do the table clothe pull, wreck all the glassware on the table and act like he’s on the moral high ground.
- what-the-grump 2y agoAre their websites up? Yes. Move to another host. So much drama.