While it may be negative to the small business and freelancer community, I do think it’s a net positive for the internet. I assume WordPress.com folks create the utmost quality websites, and while I would like that to be the norm with small web agencies and freelancers, I have found it to be more of an exception instead as they are pushing more for quantity than quality since small-to-medium clients rarely want to pay much.

If anything, maybe this will push those small web agencies and freelancers to up their quality game and push for even more polish, thus making the web a bit more enjoyable.