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   photomatt@mastodon.social's status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 17:25:57 JST photomatt

   WPE & Trademarks

   I've been writing and talking about WP Engine a lot in the last week, but I want to be crystal clear about the core issue at play. In short, WP Engine is violating WordPress' trademarks. Moreover, they have been doing so for years. We at Automattic have been attempting to make a licensing deal with them for a very long time, and all they have done has string us along.

   https://ma.tt/2024/09/wordpress-engine/

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     N. (nspeaks@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 17:55:16 JST N.

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     @photomatt Host your profile on WordPress.com. Stop using Mastodon. You are violating the trust of people here.

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     Melissa (empee3@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 22:09:09 JST Melissa

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     @photomatt Ok, but please stop dragging bystanders into this. Cutting off so many website owners simply because they’re using “the wrong host” is going to backfire on you big time.

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 23:27:44 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     @photomatt This sums up my feelings perfectly Matt: https://youtu.be/jBOMlWl7fFk

     You were correct in confronting #WPEngine suppressing #WordPress revisions, but your approach was wrong.

     However, due to a conflict of interest, someone else who does not work for #Automattic should have addressed this on @WordPress blog.

     Now you just 💩 in the 🛏️ of thousands of small businesses who are collateral damage in @wordpressdotcom war against WP Engine. Congrats! 👎🏾

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     Fisher (fisherstudio@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 26-Sep-2024 23:42:18 JST Fisher

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     @darnell @photomatt @WordPress @wordpressdotcom I did not know anything about Matt Mullenweg until last night. Today, this is the only thing I know about him. I’m just a small mom-and-pop shop trying to supplement our family income with a little WooCommerce shop hosted at WPEngine, who have been great for years.

     I spend a chunk on plugin subscriptions. The way it looks to me today, I have to get away from ALL the products connected to Matt Mullenweg as fast as I can. At least WPEngine never made any of this MY problem.

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     Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️ (cferdinandi@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 09:17:00 JST Chris Ferdinandi ⚓️

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     @photomatt They're literally not. Cry harder.

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     Darnell Clayton :verified: (darnell@one.darnell.one)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 12:12:07 JST Darnell Clayton :verified:

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     • Fisher

     @fisherstudio @otto42 I posted this on @darnell@threads.net but it appears #WPEngine has created a “workaround” to get around the #WordPress block: https://eric.mann.blog/wordpress-drama-from-the-sidelines/

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     Otto (otto42@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 12:12:08 JST Otto

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     • Fisher

     @fisherstudio there would be no impact upon "plugin subscriptions", because all the plugins on WordPress.org are free and do not have any subscriptions available. Any updates done to plugins through subscriptions are done through other sites and other systems.

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     Fisher (fisherstudio@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 12:12:08 JST Fisher

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     • Otto

     @otto42 I see what you mean. Thanks