I've been watching all the back and forth and can understand both sides.

I have been building sites for 23 years and what excited me about WordPress, from the start, was its ease of use for my clients.

Over the years, technology evolved and things have been nudging toward being more difficult. We can't stop technology, I get that. And I also know it will steamroll forward whether we like it or not. I get that too.

But what concerned me most about this entire process -- are my clients. I'll evolve, embrace, learn and keep up -- as most of you who are reading this post will do. But that is not how most website owners look at things. Change is difficult, but we don't have to make it more difficult that in has to be, right?

I've personally seen several site owners who have been struggling to "keep up" shutdown their blogs over the impending introduction of Gutenberg. Even letting them know that nothing has to change by using the Classic Editor until 2022 wasn't enough. They are done.

I recently read where those new to WordPress have no problem with Gutenberg -- they don't know any different. But what about all millions of users who like WordPress because of it's ease of use. That's was one of the key "selling" points that made it so popular with the "average Joe".

So WordPress keeps pushing ahead, partly to keep up with the Jones -- but how many non-techie users are going to be left behind in it's wake?