ankleturtle

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by ankleturtle 2y ago
Adding archives: https://archive.ph/KDb5g https://archive.ph/0oa73
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
It's the removal of "paywalls" (e.g., license checks, product keys, etc.) in plugins. A lot of developers see this as "stealing" and unethical.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
If you really want to see the shady, dishonest side, try to have a discussion about nulling plugins. You'll get called every name in the book for adhering to the GPL.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
The part which did it in for me was learning that Matt personally owns Wordpress.org. It's not the Foundation. It's not Automattic. It's Matt, personally. Nope, that's a bus factor of one. I'm done.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
This has been the approach since the M1s. See: https://www.theregister.com/2020/11/19/apple_m1_high_bandwid... > The SoC has access to 16GB of unified memory. This uses 4266 MT/s LPDDR4X SDRAM (synchr
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
Reporting to Google is generally useless. Skim these search results. https://www.google.com/maps/search/deck+builder+chicago/ The a large percentage of these listings are fake. They're run by a single co
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
The article update links to a Google Doc in which Matt takes issue with the following remark from the article: > he's a wealthy CEO of a for-profit corporation that is attacking a competitor Matt responds: > WP Engine is a “compe
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
Matt made a post a few weeks ago about his charitable donations.[0] It's really just a "I'm better than them" post. And it doesn't say where any of it was donated. 0. https://ma.tt/2024/09/
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
> Suggesting that DHH should seek therapy is way out of line. Matt already knows this.[0] photomatt: "It is also unethical to publicly speculate on my medication, medical state, or mental health." 0. https://www.yout
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WordPress Accessibility Team Meetings Suspended(make.wordpress.org)
80 points by ankleturtle 2y ago|14 comments
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
Harm of WP Engine.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
I am not a lawyer, but I am really curious if this would amount to tortious interference.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
Wow. I will never contribute anything to WordPress again.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
You are abusing the community for your own gain. Stop!
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
> The launch is an intense marketing push with a component of artificial scarcity. I consider artificial scarcity to be an unethical practice. It's literally lying. It uses fake timers to pressure people into buying or fake limits t
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
The article has been updated. > The Foundation also licensed the name to the website WordPress.org, which facilitates widespread access to WordPress-related software at no charge.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
This is straight from Matt, himself: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41782365
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
Wordpress.org isn't a legal entity. It's simply a domain owned by Matt. It seems Matt has a license to use the Wordpress trademarks. The Wordpress Foundation is a non-profit legal entity with a tiny budget. It appears the only thi
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
More context: "Due to recent events in the WordPress ecosystem, WP Engine employees have been blocked from accessing WordPress.org. This means the ACF team is unable to deploy updates to the free version of ACF hosted on WordPress.org
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
Matt Mullenweg is angry at WP Engine (owners of ACF). He thinks they don't contribute enough to Wordpress development, so he's enacted a "nuclear" approach to dealing with it. WP Engine has filed a lawsuit against Automa
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
He demanded either 8% of their gross revenue, the equivalent in development time for employees who would be directed by WordPress.org, or some combination thereof. He also demanded auditing of WP Engine by their direct competitor, Automatti
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
WP Engine, itself. He is already threatening a "corporate takeover."[0] 0. https://www.therepository.email/mullenweg-threatens-corporat...
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
EIG is not Newfold Digital.[0] Matt has specifically praised EIG hosts.[1] He even praised Godaddy, a company which he called a "parasitic company" just a few years ago.[2] This is definitely not about subpar hosting for Matt. 0.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
WordPress.org blocked access for WP Engine to their developer account on the website. This means they can no longer push out plugin updates via this path.[0] This comes straight from Matt Mullenweg himself in an interview done today. 0. ht
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
Software maintenance is not already existing software though.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
Free public services are a finite resource. Already existing software is not.
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by ankleturtle 2y ago
> But if you're making half a billion in revenue every year on top of someone else's tech, you need to stay involved and contribute back in a very significant way. Revenue is a red herring. It is not an appropriate measure to d