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noodle (he/him)@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.org ·
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Beeper Messaging App That Irked Apple Is Acquired by WordPress.com Owner

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Beeper Messaging App That Irked Apple Is Acquired by WordPress.com Owner

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noodle (he/him)@lemm.ee to Technology@beehaw.org ·
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Automattic Inc., the internet company behind popular online blogging service WordPress.com, acquired the messaging app at the heart of a recent dispute with Apple Inc.

Automattic purchases Beeper in $125 million deal; CEO to join

https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/

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    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?

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      they’ve automatically opted Tumblr accounts into training LLMs, so… not great

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