Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join
https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/
Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join
https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/
I’m not really familiar with Automattic or any of their acquisitions (I know Tumblr and Pocket Casts, but I’m not a regular user of either). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automattic#Products
What’s their track record here? Should we expect anything they acquire to be gutted and squeezed like they’re Broadcom, or do they actually develop the things they acquire in a way that serves their users?
they’ve automatically opted Tumblr accounts into training LLMs, so… not great
Track record is CEO is likely transphobic (alternative/private reddit frontend link), and Tumblr accounts are opted into LLM training