In reply to Jeff Chandler.

Jeff I totally agree with you. That said, if we don't use adjectives, insults like software communism, etc... is the only was to get even little bit of attention to our dislike to this whole matter.

You are also correct that there is no way to satisfy everyone if they continue on this path (read next paragraph). Also, nobody can give a definitive answer to why the big bad giant and awesome of a CMS like WordPress is panicking over a nothing Medium. How insecure are these people?

That said, there is ONLY one way to satisfy everyone. Have Gutenberg as an option and not as a TinyMCE replacement. Either in the settings have this thing turn on or off, or during the WordPress installation have the option to install WordPress as it is now, or install it with the new interface. Scrapping this thing, or having it as a TinyMCE and UI replacement will leave many unhappy one way or another.

The funny thing is that every week we hear new excuses why this thing is hated so much. Last week the excuse was "messaging problem", as if advertising and promoting it will help, and this week we have "timing". I can't wait for next weeks nonsense.

Data showed that almost no one cared about distraction free writing. As a punishment, we are now forced to get distraction free writing on steroids.

And you are of course correct that it is in early development stages, but if we don't push back now, from the early stages, who knows how much worse things can get later on. Shortcodes and Meta boxes as afterthoughts and legacy items... are you kidding me? Unfortunately they are not!