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by _fjg8 2y ago
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/online-safety/illegal-and-harmful-c... Last month. “ We’ve heard concerns from some smaller services that the new rules will be too burdensome for them. Some of them believe they don’t have the
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by _fjg8 2y ago
What are the compliance costs for this law that would apply to a small independent forum?
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by _fjg8 2y ago
The opposite is true. The new law makes it considerably more risky for large companies because the law is specifically designed to hold them to account for conduct on their platforms. The (perceived) risk for small websites is unintended an
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by _fjg8 2y ago
Cart abandonment is a big problem in ecommerce, reducing cart abandonment is an entire field of business. https://www.shopify.com/blog/shopping-cart-abandonment "According to Baymard Institute, 70.19% of online sh
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by _fjg8 2y ago
I don't understand this decision. Running a website as an individual is a liability risk for all sorts of reasons for which there are simple (and cheap) mitigations. Even if you believe this legislation is a risk, there are options oth
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by _fjg8 2y ago
A contract is only worth as much as you’re willing to enforce it. If you’re not willing to enforce your contract, the clauses don’t matter. If you’re stuck in the bureaucracy: escape it. Their rules aren’t serving you so why obey them? Esca
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by _fjg8 2y ago
And Automattic's control over WordPress is part of their "marketing" budget. Let's not forget how valuable the exclusive commercial license for the WordPress trademark is to Automattic, their ability to use the WordPre
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by _fjg8 2y ago
Matt is frantically trying to justify his behaviour to dhh: https://x.com/photomatt/status/1843802126281257347 https://x.com/photomatt/status/1843803465719620012 https://x.com
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by _fjg8 2y ago
I enjoyed the part where he explains that he has to operate WordPress.org personally because the IRS wouldn’t allow a non-profit to operate a website with commercial value. He then talks about the structure of the WordPress Foundation, expl
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by _fjg8 2y ago
Matt hasn’t made any claims that need a rebuttal. Matt’s claims are factually correct. The issue is that they’re immaterial. Matt has demanded that WPEngine pay 8% of their revenue to Matt’s company (Automattic). Matt has retroactively chan