Eric Karkovack shares his thoughts on…

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Eric Karkovack shares his thoughts on how the more prominent developers and companies are holding more sway in the WordPress ecosystem. 🐟 🐠 🦈

Responding to concerns about the monopolistic potential in consolidation that draw comparisons to Amazon, Google, and Facebook, Eric says “there’s reason to believe things won’t become quite that dystopian. WordPress is, after all, an open-source application. Anyone with the talent and desire to build a plugin can still do so.”

If you’re interested in this subject, check out our recent Post Status Excerpt podcast where David and Cory take on this very subject.

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