In reply to Terence Milbourn.

All true. It also allows Automattic to add, and upsell, more accounts on wordpress.com, just like how Akismet is installed by default on every single WordPress installation to upsell subscriptions for that service. I know, I know, it's all for the greater good of the open source movement, because that's where the power is, not in monetary gain at all, right WordPress fanboys?