The role that the author of this post, "Jeffro" plays, by contacting 3rd-party providers of WordPress products & services (and other persons & entities of interest in the WP scene) is valuable to us, and a significant 'expense' for him.

I generally do not comment on Jeffro's commercial product reviews, because I am mainly focused on the volunteer resources, and don't delve much into this ancillary element of WordPress. (Yes, I think it is more ancillary than primary.)

Going on the previous comment by "rgregory", it is possible that Jeffro's product-piece here will prove to contain flaws. It is this possibility I'd like to touch on here.

In certain contexts/ways, when a commercial shop sees Mr. Jeffro coming, their awareness of his high-profile role in communicating with the wider WP community (and the "unique" link to his posts, on every installed WP Administration Dashboard out there...), can actually make it less likely that he will come away with the key information that will be of greatest interest & use to his readers. It could even turn out this way sometimes, with no actual villain anywhere in the story.

Jeffro does not deploy an advance staff for interviews, does not have a Research Department who spend a week before he meets with people or Companies. He is a One-Man newspaper, who must also tend his 'real' life ... and when he's lucky, an actual paying job.

So ... I just want to note that I and others get a lot from WPTavern, that Jeffro's efforts are of considerable interest & use ... and that if on occasion the couple paragraphs he condenses an interview into miss something kinda crucial, or that he is a de facto 'VIP' of sorts who may be the recipient of a wee bit o' spin now & then ... I am neither shocked nor dismayed. :-)