In reply to Ozgur Zeren.

If the goal is higher install base it is ego. WP is just a simple open source project. It doesn't really gain much by having higher and higher install base. Heck it might even be detrimental to the concept.

Growing is critical. WordPress should reach and serve as much of the internet as possible to ensure an open internet for all.

This is just ridiculous. WordPress have jack crap to do with ensuring an open internet for all.

I would like to see WordPress take on ecommerce and make it easier for people and liberate them from Amazon’s domination in a service like WordPress.com for small business owners. It could add multitudes of power to Automattic by bringing in major revenue, and also enable and liberate innumerable small business owners from Amazon.
You seem to be conflating WordPress and Automattic. What you are arguing for here is that Automattic should dominate the WP ecosystem to a much higher degree than they currently are.