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Automattic criticism
A lot of people seem to have a positive view of Automattic (the owners of Wordpress and Tumblr), but uh...
Are you aware that they use predatory business models, and have been doing so for years?
Like how when you want to move your 'free' blog from wordpress.com to somewhere else, they will charge you somewhere in the range of $10-$25 a year for *just a redirect*.
If you don't pay, then you'll essentially lose your entire existing audience when moving, and they'll SEO-drown your new blog in search results unless you shut it down.
None of which you are told in advance.
re: Automattic criticism
Also if you're thinking of responding to this with something along the lines of "they're just providing a service", then you can fuck right off, I am not interested in abuse apologia