In reply to Trevor Nelmes.

I hear you. And while I DO know of real-world "gimme WordPress" examples ... a shocking and growing number of them, by the way ... and have seen that personally, I get your point.

But if we are to assume that developers drive this conversation we must also accept that developers are a fickle bunch; next years tools will be BETTER! WOW! COOL! LOOKIT ME NOW!

That's not a sustainable market. 50% of all websites last year and 23.x% of all websites don't come from developers, they come from people playing at being web site designers using accessible, good-enough tools, and that describes what WordPress "is". The REST thing is a whole 'nother discussion. What happens when WIX and Squarespace build calls to WordPress (assuming they can think of a reason to bother)? Market shift.

I'll stop now ;-)