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But why specifically them? Pantheon and Acquia offer basically the same service as WPEngine, but they weren't singled out like that. This whole thing makes it seem like Matt had some personal vendetta against WPEngine (or did the other two already get blackmailed earlier and caved?).

Is Automattic hurting for money? If they're making half a billion developing and selling WordPress, why do they care what some other host does, even if they don't contribute as many hours upstream...? They're still part of that long tail of the WordPress ecosystem and helps grows users and devs.

It's so weird watching this all unfold. In 2024 I definitely didn't expect to be bringing out the popcorn for WordPress drama, of all things.