For your second question, Matt claims that it's partly because WP engine disabled core features of WordPress. I can imagine a world where you are inundated with complaints that your software doesn't do X basic thing (because the top provider has disabled it) but ITS BEEN THERE THIS WHOLE FUCKING TIME TIME STOP COMPLAINING (put a smile on and explain calmly). You get my point. And then you snap.
No idea if that's what is in his mind but I have some sympathy for Matt. In principle. (This is me steelmanning Matt)
All WP Engine did is add:
define( 'WP_POST_REVISIONS', false );
to their configs.
Why would anyone using open source software be required to use 100% of the functionality that the software is capable of providing?
This is like asking what is it a concern of McDonald's if you open up your own restaurant call McDonald in your town and make it a dump
It wasn’t “we really wish you wouldn’t”.
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