I have some concerns with how a WordPress, a *technically* open source project, depends on plugins (also open source, most of the time), that are hosted in a centralized repository. This repository can be taken over at anytime by Automattic. This itself is not really a concern for me, I was perfectly happy with my packages for the iOS jailbreak community (back when that was a thing—throwback!) being hosted by BigBoss and Chariz. Those were also controlled by dictators, but they were benevolent.
it’s clear to me that Automattic is not benevolent and will destroy the trust in open-source if you’re sponsored by the wrong people.
I’ll be switching this site over to “something different” when I get a chance. It will probably be Quarto as I’ve been using that for the documentation for xlma-python, but probably won’t be until the end of the semester.
See ya then!