[explaingarlic]

I like to rag on WordPress as the next man but I do have to ask - why haven't you done any better?

If it's so easy, raise a few million bucks and outdo everyone. Surely?

Maybe your product is the next Stripe, where everyone currently in the market is so woefully inadequate that one company can come and clean up despite having mild expectations upon start-up. Or maybe, just maybe, you are missing the point, in regards to what they provide the current market and how they pivot towards the next!

(Obviously, I don't mean to call out anyone in particular, but Wordpress has a significant-enough marketshare that this defence is to-be-expected).

[rospaya]

> why haven't you done any better?

Quite possibly the worst kind of discourse. Surely we can critique something without being accused of not building something better.

[explaingarlic]

Not my intention; just a matter-of-fact thing. Why hasn't anyone done any better?

[namaria]

Network effect and market capture are a thing. Being dominant in a market is far from being evidence of having the best product, despite what market leader may have you believe.

[danmur]

I don't think anyone disrespects the commercial success, just the technical crappiness of the product