[Crazyontap]

So, ACF injected notices into everyone's dashboards to push their own legal agenda. It’s a move that reeks of self-interest more than community benefit.

While everyone’s ready to grab their pitchforks at Matt, this actually sounds somewhat reasonable. Still, given its impact, this could easily be seen as a breach of trust. Definitely a move that's going to stir the pot.

[DonnieBurger]

I believe you may have the story confused. Please correct me if otherwise.

WordPress was the one who injected notices into everyone's dashboard. This started because the WP dashboard shows the blogs from wordpress.org, and then they published this post: https://wordpress.org/news/2024/09/wp-engine/

The result was WP Engine removing the widget that shows wordpress.org blogs on their installs.

[aimazon]

Where does this claim come from? The article doesn't include it. Matt hasn't made this claim either.

[kioleanu]

They should do that for all plugins that do it then, if it’s reasonable, right? Which is a lot of plugins.

PS: isn’t WooCommerce doing the exact same?

[that_guy_iain]

Just like WordPress does, right?

I assume you work for automattic, right? I've noticed when it comes to comments like this, normally they're made by automattic employees.

[echoangle]

Assuming the notices are real and a problem, Automattic should cite that instead of making it about security issues. As it stands, that's just a claim.

[beezlewax]

What notices were these?

[RobotToaster]

Honestly, everyone involved in this situation seems terrible.

With my own experience of the WP "community", that isn't a surprise.