At this point I really wonder if there is any overall guideline for what goes in core vs not. I mean, if they want to add a full on page builder why not incorporate SEO plugin features? Table editing? Caching and security? Heck, just take the 5 or 10 most popular feature categories and add them to core!

I’m being somewhat facetious, but this direction is moving the editor far beyond simply being a better editor and toward replacing an entire ecosystem of plugins not to mention the content vs presentation issue.

This feels like the team is skating to where the puck is, vs where it will be. If they want to compete on features for the entry level user put that in WordPress.com and make it a plugin for the self-hosted version. But let’s skate to where the puck might be going and look at things like how to make distributed editing better, how to integrate with copy editing products like Google Docs and others, etc.