In reply to Guy Phillips.

Two points:

Where would we be? Really? We'd be using Joomla or Drupal or something else? Matt came up with a fork of his own, that was a basic blogging tool at its core. He's built an army of fanboys around the idea of "community" while essentially using them as free labor for a decade - unbeknownst to them. When you see Gutenberg dropped in the middle of December, while most people are trying to get off work to visit family or do their holiday planning, despite the overwhelming 1 star reviews, known bugs galore, and make it a mandatory part of core, too; that shows you how compassionate your leader truly is. You're an investor or you're not on the list that matters. And there are other CMSs outthere - and there are others many of use are going to start or go to as a result of this level of discourtesy and disregard.

Secondly, ease of use, that was always the appeal of WP - and to remove that in favor of a bloated system no one wanted, no one needed, so it can be a "new" drag and drop builder that will then integrate into core is a big change. Software development is normally done in logical, tested increments so developers can keep up with releases and nobody is left behind. Microsoft didn't go from Windows 7 to 10, and the beloved iPhone didn't go from 3 to whatever they're at now. They release changes gradually so developers can change software, vendors can make changes to programs, and users can acclimate. Making Gutenberg essentially not backward compatible is not only sticks it to current users and past users but is cruel and bizarre.

I've used WP on hundreds of clients sites over the decade and a half that it's been out. I've volunteered at WordCamps and seen them turn into celebrity love-fests where the "in crowd" gets the opportunities and those who are not known are shunned openly and brazenly. I've also seen Matt avoid discussing important, relevant topics, and treat end-users like garbage.

Why not switch to ClassicPress in the short term, and in the long term I'll look at Drupal or Ruby.