This is unfortunate for WordPress.

The rush to Gutenberg is going to splinter the WordPress community which it already has. The forked ClassicPress in pushing forward and as more and more developers figure out that Gutenberg makes their lives miserable, they will jump ship. Simple things like placing images and changing fonts should not take 10 times longer than before. That’s just plain absurd.

Over time, the massive reach WordPress has will be diminished.
I see ClassicPress becoming the new Wordpress with the hard-core users and developers. I’m already working with the beta and it’s WordPress the way I like it.

Yes, it’s been stated that the Classic Editor will remain for years to come, but that is hardly saying it will be there forever.

The fact that Matt is willing to push out an inferior product to the masses, then work on fixing it is just ridiculous.

After 15 years of working with and developing for WordPress, it’s time to move on.