I think it’s revealing that the founder and operator of WordPress.com openly admits he makes content decisions based on the values of executives at Apple and at credit card companies. He doesn’t even bother with any hand wavy pretense of having his own core moral values or beliefs on civil liberties. Just pure kneeling before his betters.
The post makes it blindingly clear that he disagrees with them, and that it's more a question of feasibility. Because Tumblr needs to work with credit companies and Apple in order to be sustainable, they have to play by their rules or not exist.
I think it’s revealing that the founder and operator of WordPress.com openly admits he makes content decisions based on the values of executives at Apple and at credit card companies.
Another way to word this is that he is making a business decisions base on the financial viability of the company.
I doubt many of their employees would fight for those values enough to consider working unpaid for an extended period of time. Would you?
At least it’s honest, I guess. Really sad though.