[jrm4]

Tell me you don't understand the difficulty of maintaining a really useful and complex free tool without...you know.

All the writer has done here is screamed their ignorance (which, to be fair, is not at all simple) of the complexities of using free/open source and also maintaining something huge and complex WITHOUT being huge jerks about it.

I do wish there was a simpler way to essentially do two tiers of "service" -- but for now, "you either 'pay' in terms of digging in and learning or you 'pay' with real money" seems pretty reasonable.

[Gazoo101]

I find Wordpress on the whole incredibly useful and the functionality it does offer is great, not complex.

My issue is with the omission of what I perceive to be some basic and universally useful features. What's basic is - of course - subjective, and you're welcome to disagree.

As noted in my article, I share your preference with a basic paid tier just to get in the door.