[oliwarner]

Has anyone actually been confused about the hosted service and the software?

I struggle with this argument because so much SaaS follows this model with self-hosted community editions. It's not like .com is trying to sell you a proprietary self-hosted version.

[JimDabell]

Yes, WordPress.org and WordPress.com are mixed up all the time, so much so that /r/WordPress on Reddit has had a sticky for years linking to a page on WordPress.org that explains the difference. According to WordPress.org itself:

> People are often confused about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org because they sure sound similar. This workshop highlights the key differences between .Org and .Com.

— https://learn.wordpress.org/tutorial/what-is-the-difference-...

[cyral]

So many people get confused between .com and .org. It’s a sticky on the WordPress reddit and less technical people definitely think going to Wordpress.com to sign in is somehow their install’s login. Which makes his point about people being confused about WP Engine so silly when he runs the most confusing part of WordPress.

[Kye]

The .com and .org user forums get a steady stream of posts from people who mixed them up.